kernel 2.5.66 on Sony PCG-FX210 hangs on boot

kernel 2.5.66 on Sony PCG-FX210 hangs on boot

[James Marca]

Hi
I am running the 2.4 series kernels with the ACPI patches with no
problems.  With 2.5.65 and 2.5.66 I decided to try out the beta
kernels.  Both with and without the ACPI patch, these kernels fail to
boot on my laptop --- Sony PCG-FX210.

It is hard to report exactly what is happening.  The initial messages
scroll by fine---decompressing the kernel, etc., and then I see a
message about ACPI and then I get lots and lots of scrolling numbers
in angle brackets.  (Control S won't freeze the screen)  I am not 100
percent sure it is ACPI that is freaking out my computer, but after
trying the kernel many times last night, I am certain the last legible
message contained ACPI in the text before the rapid number scrolling
started.  

I have used user-mode linux (UML) before, and so when I get time I can
try to run the kernel in a protected area and grab a screenshot of the
initial error messages.  But last time this sort of thing happened,
there was a nocorruption patch to fix things.  Am I missing a patch?
Any other advice on how to collect bug reports or where the problem
might lie?

Please respond to the list, not to me personally.  

Thanks,
James





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