Fedora 9 Live Beta Locking up
max bianco
maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Wed Mar 26 18:38:45 UTC 2008
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> max bianco wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
> > <mailto:mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> >
> > max wrote:
> > > Jim wrote:
> > >> Running Live CD Fedora 9 Live Beta, on a Laptop, while booting it
> > >> locks up just after the line;
> > >>
> > >> "ACPI: EC: Lookup EC in DSDI"
> > >>
> > >> I put CD in a PC and it ran all the way through and loaded
> > Desktop.
> > >> What is it on Laptop that would cause a Lockup??
> > >>
> > > ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
> > >
> > > The rest of the line is greek to me but you might try fiddling
> with
> > > the BIOS settings. You don't say what kind of laptop you have but
> > > sometimes BIOS features have to be turned off to get things off
> the
> > > ground. Don't quote me here but I think DSDI is related to
> > debugging
> > > so i would look for something related to this in the bios and try
> to
> > > disable it or enable it depending on its current status. You can
> > > always, if you get into trouble, restore defaults in the bios
> > and also
> > > there is usually a way to load optimal settings in the bios, which
> > > could solve your problem.
> > >
> > >
> > > Max
> > >
> > I added to the , pass onto kernel line "acpi=off" and it started to
> > boot until it got to the point of detecting mouse,
> > is there any commands i can send to kernel to bypass mouse detection
> ?
> > Error message below;
> >
> > "input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as
> > /devices/virtual/input/input0 PNP: no PS/2 controller found.
> > Probing ports directly."
> >
> > This laptop is a Everex Cloudbook and it has no PS/2 mouse
> connection,
> > if you want a external mouse you will have to connect to USB .
> > It amazing, this laptop has no problem booting into Fedora 8.
> > I would look at this as a bug, wouldn't you ??
> >
> >
> > ...i'd say file a bugzilla but F9 is still not an official release so
> > it may be that it will get fixed before the final release. I would do
> > as suggested above and check with the fedora-test and devel mailing
> > list to see what they think or you could crack open that desktop linux
> > reference manual or try a different mouse. Many are willing to help
> > but generally if its not officially released yet then you will find
> > that people are less concerned because many issues will get resolved
> > before final release( or you hope so anyway) As for another parameter
> > you could pass at boot time , i don't know off hand, i'd have to look
> > up how to work around mouse detection but that i think may mean
> > runlevel 3 which is no gui anyway.
> >
> It is my understanding you can report to bugzilla.redhat.com but you
> select it as a "rawhide version"
>
>
Yes that's true but they are having a hard time keeping up with the bugs
as is so that is why i suggested waiting for final release.
Max
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