 | | | Subject: Re: unstable system question | Subject: Re: unstable system question 2007-09-28 - By jim ruxton
Back
On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 13:35 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 11:20 -0400, jim ruxton wrote:
> > > > So far my system has stabilized since I added pci=noapci to my
> > > > grub.conf . Is there something I should do to narrow down the problem
> > > > within acpi or should I just live with noacpi on my laptop?
> > >
> > > You could try "acpi_skip_timer_override" or its opposite
> > > "acpi_use_timer_override". Not sure which is the best bet. Does this
> > > beastie use an nVidia chipset?
> > >
> > > There's several other options available, but not having issues myself,
> > > I can't say which may work. Here's a snapshot of the docs:
> > >
> > > acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
> > > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
> > > Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
> > > force -- enable ACPI if default was off
> > > off -- disable ACPI if default was on
> > > noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
> > > ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading
> > > strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are
> > > not strictly ACPI specification compliant.
> > >
> > > One other thing I might mention is to see if there's an updated BIOS
> > > for your machine and if so, install it.
> > Thanks Rick I'll look more into the acpi docs . Yes it has an Nvidia
> > chip.
>
> I asked that because of this info:
>
> acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
> Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
> For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
>
> acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
> Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
> that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
>
> All that's buried in
> /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc*/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
It seems my machine is still locking up so I re-enabled ACPI I
downloaded cpufreq-utils and running cpufreq-info got the following:
cpufrequtils 002: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006
Report errors and bugs to linux@(protected), please.
analyzing CPU 0:
no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
analyzing CPU 1:
no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
It is a P4 so I would think frequency scaling should be enabled. Is it
because I'm using the stock FC6 kernel? Should I be compiling my own?
Jim
> -- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --
> - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@(protected) -
> - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com -
> - -
> - Do you know where _your_ towel is? -
> -- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --
>
> __ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
> Redhat-install-list mailing list
> Redhat-install-list@(protected)
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list
> To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to:
> redhat-install-list-request@(protected)
> Subject: unsubscribe
>
__ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Redhat-install-list mailing list
Redhat-install-list@(protected)
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list
To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to:
redhat-install-list-request@(protected)
Subject: unsubscribe
|
|
|