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Simon Waters wrote: > Adrian Midgley wrote: > >> If I boot this machine with the current SMP kernel it runs for a while, >> longer if GNome is not logged in, I think, and then freezes completely. >> >> With the single processor -486- version of the kernel it works fine. >> > it is worth trying the kernel option to switch ACPI off (hint you edit > the grub menu.lst, or for testing just edit the line at boot). > I did try that ... although there seems to be noacpi as well as acpi=off as long as the former isn't a typo for noapic > Then again it could be the hardware -- anything logged, anything > displayed on the console -- any way to reproduce (mind took a dislike to > the CD player). > > Nothing displayed. For some reason I wonder if it might be ide=nodma that is required. I may try it next (the CD is on /dev/hda and the main drives are /dev/sda and b) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html