> with the nolapic option does the system still lock up with the same tick_handle_periodic() trace?
Nope... No trace. The only output that appears on screen, is the following two lines: [ 0.212982] BIOS bug, local APIC #0 not detected!... [ 0.213018] ... forcing use of dummy APIC emulation.(tell your hw vendor) And at that point, nothing more happens. -- Real-Time Kernel won't boot on my AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core - Displays Call Trace https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407660 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs