On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 13:14 +0000, Vijay Gill wrote:
On 13/11/06, James Wilkinson fedora@aprilcottage.co.uk wrote:
Vijay Gill wrote:
Just another thought. Do I need noapic and nolapic etc as kernel params during boot? Currently I do not have those but I still remember using those long time ago to install Mandrake (before it became Mandriva) Linux.
These things should just work, and if they don't, you'd know about it. Since you've got as far as you have, they're unlikely to be a problem.
If you want to play with kernel parameters, try noacpi. A dodgy ACPI implementation on your motherboard could cause problems.
Hope this helps,
James.
noapic and nolapic did not work anyway. I tried and had segfault. I use mencoder to encode some stuff and surely it crashes after some time. I tried mencoder (along with the needed libs) which was working 100% stable under FC5. Giving noacpi a shot and will report back soon.
My machine did the very same things, the first week after I bought it. I took it back to the dealer and asked him to test the power supply. I got it back the next day with a new power supply and it hasn't burped once since. With all the flaky capacitors that hit the market I'd suspect dodgy electronics first. If you have a spare power supply lying around, I'd suggest replacing the one you have as a test. Just to see. Ric