Re: Acer Aspire 1691WCLi no boot problem

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Brad Barnett wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey, 
> 
> I have a very odd problem with an Acer Aspire 1691WCLi.  This laptop will
> simply not boot with any Debian precompiled kernel, with the exception of
> Debian's 2.4.27-2 initrd kernel.  I have compiled my own kernels, using a
> vast array of options, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.12.3, 2.6.13-rc4 and 2.4.27,
> they also all fail in exactly the same way.  I have tried with and without
> initrd, acpi, 386 or other processor options, as well as very lean,
> stripped down kernels.  I have tried with both lilo and grub, but both
> result in the same hang.

I have the same machine, and FC[234] all boot fine, but the damn sound 
doesn't work. FC3 just didn't work, FC4 hangs if I use "play test sound" 
but otherwise works.

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