From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heiko Ettelbrueck Subject: Re: Kernel with acpi hangs on compaq presario 1700 Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:46:00 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <3DFB9888.2050803@gmx.net> References: <200212142221.15212.hogenberg11@zonnet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200212142221.15212.hogenberg11-RSh1/+X/PmFmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Jaap, if you don't want to use ACPI because of its IRQ routing, you could simply try adding "pci=noacpi" at the boot prompt (or into lilo.conf / grub's menu.lst) for your acpi kernel and try once again. I have a Compaq Evo N160 and had the same problem (hang during boot) before I tried the above kernel option. I also got the advice to disable "Local APIC" and "SMP Support" in the kernel configuration, but this didn't help in my case. Perhaps it will in your one? Regards, Heiko Jaap Hogenberg wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to this list so forgive me if this is a FAQ: > > I'm tried kernel 2.4.20 with the acpi patches of 12052002 and 12122002 > as well as a 2.5.51 with and without patch (12132002) and when I include > acpi support , the kernel will hang when probing the PCI bus. > > I have seen references about acpi on compaq laptops indicating that it needed > some tweaking (dumping acpi tables to a file) but as these were > very old postings to linux-kernel mailing list , and the answers there > were quite inconclusive I thought I'd ask here. > > Is there some (recent :-) ) documentation on getting acpi working > on this laptop ? > Or is there anything else I should try in my kernel config ? > > Regards, > > Jaap > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility > Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel > http://hpc.devchannel.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Acpi-devel mailing list > Acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/