Public bug reported: As Dapper, Edgy won't even boot on my Averatec 2460. It has an Intel Core Duo CPU, Intel 945GM chipset, Intel GMA950 graphics and an RTL8139 onboard NIC. The problem is most likely due to the RTL8139 chip. The module 8139too has two modes: PIO and MMIO. In MMIO mode that Ubuntu uses it doesn't work, but when I install Breezy first, then update to Dapper and re-compile the Dapper kernel as-is, except with PIO mode enabled for 8139too, it works. I also have to disable loading of sd_hci in the Dapper kernel to successfully boot. This is pretty severe, because it prevents Dapper, Edgy from being installed or even run from the LiveCD at all on some new but not exotic hardware.
** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- LiveCD doesn't boot on Averatec 2460 Intel Core Duo, RTL8139 NIC https://launchpad.net/bugs/64048 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs