Fedora Core 4 -- 1387 Kernel Problem Compaq nx9010 Laptop

[Jim Cornette]

Markus Huber wrote:

> Jim Cornette wrote:
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>> ryan wrote:
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>>> Markus Huber wrote:
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>>>> Jim Cornette wrote:
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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> 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.

1411 locks up for me. I even uninstalled it and then reinstalled it 
again with the same problem with it locking up. ACPI doesn't work for me 
with this kernel version.

>
>> 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.
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> 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.

Even though I have a single processor, maybe acpi was messed up in the 
single processor kernel. I'll install the kernel-smp version and see if 
it works. I believe the smp kernel always has acpi enabled.

Thanks a lot for the hint.

Jim

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> Markus
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