Fedora Core 4 -- 1387 Kernel Problem Compaq nx9010 Laptop

[Markus Huber]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> ryan wrote:
> 
>> Markus Huber wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Cornette wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can boot fine with kernel-2.6.12-1.1400_FC5 but get the same 
>>>> lockup seen with kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4  as with  
>>>> kernel-2.6.12-1.1411_FC5. Are you using a system that relies ACPI to 
>>>> be functional? I cannot boot with either.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll do an update later this day on an HP zd7000 notebook which 
>>> relies on ACPI and will report the behaviour.
>>>
>>>
>> Could this be similar to my problem where FC 3 kernels boot, but FC 4 
>> ones do not?
>>
> The problem might be related to the differences between the way devices 
> are managed between FC3 and
> FC4. Look into UDEV and other possibilities. I think the kernel is 
> missing some features that the FC4 kernel used to have compiled in.

With kernel-2.6.12-1.1411_FC5 from the development tree I do not 
experience any problem with programs running through wine, and I am 
using this one on my desktop at present.

> ACPI is a different issue, HP laptops cannot boot without it for some 
> models. The model mentioned above and my HP ze4315us cannot boot without 
> ACPI being functional.

Updated my HP zd7000 with kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4smp (it's a P4 3.2 GHz 
with Hyperthreading) and it boots fine with ACPI.

Markus