Curt wrote: > He might also like to try before flashing the > bios or buying new material the "noapic" > kernel boot parameter the linux laptop site > referred to in the notes (although I have no > idea whether it is a sensible, viable > workaround or not).
OK, found it [1], in /boot/grub/grub.conf do "acpi=off", for example kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet noapic acpi=off [1] https://access.redhat.com/solutions/58790 -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573