I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC and have discovered that it won't
install Fedora 10 unless I give the kernel boot option "noapic" or
"nolapic".
This system's processor is the Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200.
It would seem that this is either a kernel bug to be fixed, or a
documentation bug so users of this machine know about the workaround.
I'll report the bug if someone will tell me how.
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:35:46 -0800
Charles Landau <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC and have discovered that it won't
> install Fedora 10 unless I give the kernel boot option "noapic" or
> "nolapic".
>
> This system's processor is the Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200.
>
> It would seem that this is either a kernel bug to be fixed, or a
> documentation bug so users of this machine know about the workaround.
> I'll report the bug if someone will tell me how.
It should only be necessary if the system has BIOS problems. File a
report anyway and include the lspci -vvxxx and dmidecode data as
attached files
Charles Landau wrote:
> I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC and have discovered that it won't
> install Fedora 10 unless I give the kernel boot option "noapic" or
> "nolapic".
>
> This system's processor is the Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200.
>
> It would seem that this is either a kernel bug to be fixed, or a
> documentation bug so users of this machine know about the workaround.
> I'll report the bug if someone will tell me how.
I think you just did report it :-)
Well, it's something that should be fixed in the kernel, either it's a
kernel bug or hardware busted in some way that we should be detecting.
How is it failing to install, is it locking up at some point, etc?
Robert Hancock wrote:
> Charles Landau wrote:
>> I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC and have discovered that it won't
>> install Fedora 10 unless I give the kernel boot option "noapic" or
>> "nolapic".
>>
>> This system's processor is the Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200.
>>
>> It would seem that this is either a kernel bug to be fixed, or a
>> documentation bug so users of this machine know about the workaround.
>> I'll report the bug if someone will tell me how.
>
> I think you just did report it :-)
>
> Well, it's something that should be fixed in the kernel, either it's a
> kernel bug or hardware busted in some way that we should be detecting.
>
> How is it failing to install, is it locking up at some point, etc?
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My guess is that anaconda fails at some point regarding storage options.
Robert Hancock wrote:
> Charles Landau wrote:
>> I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC and have discovered that it won't
>> install Fedora 10 unless I give the kernel boot option "noapic" or
>> "nolapic".
>>
>> This system's processor is the Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200.
>>
>> It would seem that this is either a kernel bug to be fixed, or a
>> documentation bug so users of this machine know about the workaround.
>> I'll report the bug if someone will tell me how.
>
> I think you just did report it :-)
>
> Well, it's something that should be fixed in the kernel, either it's a
> kernel bug or hardware busted in some way that we should be detecting.
>
> How is it failing to install, is it locking up at some point, etc?
When I boot off the Fedora 10 full distribution DVD, which I believe is
kernel 2.6.27.5, at the first screen, "Welcome to Fedora 10!", I tell it
to Install or upgrade, and then I get a variety of errors on the text
console, including:
ata1.00 failed to IDENTIFY
and
PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled ...
and problems enumerating USB devices, and
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: Unlink after no_IRQ? Controller is probably
using the wrong IRQ.
and
ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: Unlink after no_IRQ? Controller is probably
using the wrong IRQ.
after which it does nothing. There is no power to USB and PS/2 devices.
Let me know any other ways I can help you diagnose this.