I 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
Hm, perhaps that was RH specific, I don't even
have that file.
Better
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="noapic, nolapic"
in
/etc/default/grub
then
update-grub
PS. What is "nolapic"? DS.
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