Hi Roy: Sorry that I didn't chime in earlier on this thread, but I had
the same
problem with a new laptop a couple of months ago. First, the new BIOS's
give
the kernel trouble with the new ACPI schemes. We had to go with
acpi=off as well
just to make things work, which of course, is not ideal, but works.
You'll lose
your advanced power features and have higher battery drain, but the
system should
work fine. You might even have to manually shut the system down after
Linux goes
through it's shutdown procedure.
Hopefully, down the road, the ACPI drivers in the Linux kernel will
catch up to the newer
bios schemes and we will be able to go back to normal.
I'm still thinking that there might be IRQ issues as well and that some
of the problems
might be worked around with another option without turning acpi
completely off, however
that particular machine is not in my hands anymore and I can't
experiment with it.
Good luck..
Bob Boehm
Roy Jensen wrote:
> Thanks everyone
>
> The correct answer is to use 'acpi=off', which I found on a RedHat
> board but id NOT on the SL bootup page
>
> https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/4x/installing/bootup.html
>
> Thanks,
> Dr. Roy Jensen
> (==========)-----------------------------------------¤
> Chemistry, Grant MacEwan College
> Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2
> 780.633.3915
>
>
>
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:23:03 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> All
>>
>> I am a Linux novice but very familiar with Win OS.
>>
>> I tried to install SL 4.2 on a Gateway M675 notebook but failed (see
>> below). I was able to install Mandriva 2006, but would like to get SL
>> installed.
>>
>> Computer specs
>>
>> Processor: Pentium™ 4 CPU, 3.2 GHz
>> Core logic: Intel 865PE, ICH5
>> Phoenix BIOS, SMBIOS 2.3 support
>> RAM: 512 MB
>> Video: ATI M11-P, 64 MB DDR-SDRAM
>>
>> Complete computer specs at
>> http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Gateway/M675/3501731sp75.shtml
>>
>> Installation fails during the initial system check after pressing
>> Enter (or 'Linux noprobe' and all other variants). The last few lines
>> are
>> [<c02a7c55>] cpufreq_register_driver+0x14b/0x271
>> [<c03b8714>] do_initcalls+0x49/0x8a
>> [<c010043c>] init+0x0/0x1d8
>> [<c01004e8>] init+0xac/0x1d8
>> [<c01041d9>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb
>> Code: (three lines of hex)
>> <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
>> and then it hangs.
>>
>> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dr. Roy Jensen
>> (==========)-----------------------------------------¤
>> Chemistry, Grant MacEwan College
>> Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2
>> 780.633.3915
>
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How doth the VAX's C-compiler
Improve its object code.
And even as we speak does it
Increase the system load.
How patiently it seems to run
And spit out error flags,
While users, with frustration, all
Tear all their clothes to rags.
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