On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote:
> > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the
> > > apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or
> > > noapic.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Kaj Haulrich.
> >
> > Thanks, Kaj.
> >
> > apic=off has solved it.
> >
> > The append line was already apic=ht, so I first changed it to
> > noapic and then apic=noapic. Neither had any effect.
>
> For proper and valid kernel parameters give
> kernel-parameters.txt a thorough read. You'll need to have
> kernel-source installed, as it contains the file. eg,
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-20mdk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> Or you might Google for the file for your kernel.
>
> Many of the parameters I see in various ML posts are not
> valid (possibly undocumented) and are ignored by the kernel, ie,
> 'no effect'.
>
> APIC, advance programable interrupt control. If your system
> works better with 'noapic', then what this really means is you
> have non-compliant and/or deficient hardware bordering on the
> 'designed for windoze' variety.
>
> Disabling ACPI and/or APIC is best avoided when not absolutely
> necessary, to deal with sloppy, sub-standard hardware. Tho in
> fairness, other popular distros do disable them by default. If
> your system can't use these advanced features, don't kid youself
> with believing that optimization for i586, i686, or K7, compiling
> with PREEMPT and such, will provide any benefit.
Tom, does that mean, that an empty append line defaults to booting
with both enabled ?
Kaj Haulrich.
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