-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:51:23 +0100 "Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 12:53:11PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > > Howdy List, > > > > In doing some googling to get Debian setup on a Dell Inspiron 1501 I > > found some people had better success with the contrast/brightness > > function keys if they downgraded the bios to an older version. So, I > > tried this but Debian started hanging with an error message about > > "unexpected irq trap at vector XX". I then upgraded back to the bios > > version that came with the laptop, but the unexpected irq trap > > persists. > > > > To make matters worse, the Debian Etch installer hangs with the same > > error as well now (but different vector, if that means anything). > > Knoppix, however, still boots just fine. > > > > I have tried adding "noapic nolapic" to the boot options. That > > seems to help the installer boot eventually, though it still pauses > > for a long time working on the error. Debian on the hard drive > > still will not boot though, because it can not get root mounted > > after the unexpected irq trap. > > When I did a google search for "unexpected irq trap at vector", the > hits suggests that this is ACPI related, not APIC ... > > So perhaps booting with "acpi=off" will make some headway? > > There are some other acpi-related parameters too you might want to > play with... Good thought, but "acpi=off" did not make any (noticeable) difference. It still hung during boot with an unexpected irq trap. Thanks, Jacob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGeGuXkpJ43hY3cTURAuA3AJ4kYVsbfH57p0S414O4w7/i5Ls0nACggJt2 wh9YQIRYbWAwYYDGBrlMLEA= =V373 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
