ACPI freezes my Biostar TF-520 (Was: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-13 Thread awrobinson-ml
Rick Sewill wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Having said the above, if you suspect an acpi or apic problem, > the URL: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems > says, > "acpi=off is a big hammer, and if that works, narrowing dow

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-07 Thread Andrew Robinson
On 07/07/2010 01:47 PM, Darr wrote: >>> Question showing my ignorance of what acpi is. If pci=noacpi works >>> or does not work, what clues is that giving me? >>> >> >> I didn't respond earlier because we've reached my level of ignorance >> too. > > > ACPI is the successor/combination of plug& pla

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-07 Thread Darr
>> Question showing my ignorance of what acpi is. If pci=noacpi works >> or does not work, what clues is that giving me? >> > > I didn't respond earlier because we've reached my level of ignorance > too. ACPI is the successor/combination of plug & play, advanced power management, et al... If

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-07 Thread Rick Sewill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Having said the above, if you suspect an acpi or apic problem, the URL: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems says, "acpi=off is a big hammer, and if that works, narrowing down by trying pci=noacpi instead may yie

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-06 Thread awrobinson-ml
JD wrote: > On 07/05/2010 06:44 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > Rick Sewill wrote: > >> On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > >>> Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > Geoffrey Leach wrote

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-06 Thread birger
I recently installed F13 on a system with nForce 4 chipset. It consistently failed when trying to boot x86_64. Both from USB stick and from live CD. I didn't try x86_64 install DVD. Instead I fell back to a USB memory stick with i686 live instead, and it worked just fine. I see you are also trying

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread JD
On 07/05/2010 09:04 PM, JD wrote: > On 07/05/2010 08:23 PM, Kam Leo wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:08 PM, JD wrote: >>> On 07/05/2010 07:28 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: JDwrote: > On 07/05/2010 06:44 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >> Rick Sewill

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread JD
On 07/05/2010 08:23 PM, Kam Leo wrote: > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:08 PM, JD wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 07:28 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >>> JDwrote: On 07/05/2010 06:44 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > Rick Sewill wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, aw

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread Kam Leo
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:08 PM, JD wrote: >  On 07/05/2010 07:28 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >> JD  wrote: >>>    On 07/05/2010 06:44 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: Rick Sewill   wrote: > On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >> Geoffrey Leac

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread JD
On 07/05/2010 07:28 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > JD wrote: >>On 07/05/2010 06:44 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >>> Rick Sewill wrote: On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awro

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread awrobinson-ml
JD wrote: > On 07/05/2010 06:44 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > Rick Sewill wrote: > >> On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > >>> Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > Geoffrey Leach wrote

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread JD
On 07/05/2010 06:44 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > Rick Sewill wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >>> Geoffrey Leach wrote: On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 01:27:0

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread JD
On 07/05/2010 03:07 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > JD wrote: >>On 07/05/2010 01:27 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >>> I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP running on >>> it for more than a year without any apparent problems. I put a new hard >>> dr

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread awrobinson-ml
Rick Sewill wrote: > On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > > > Geoffrey Leach wrote: > >> On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > >>> > >>> Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > >

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread Rick Sewill
On 07/05/2010 06:15 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >>> >>> Geoffrey Leach wrote: On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I bui

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread Kam Leo
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM, wrote: > > Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >> > >> > Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> > > On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: >> > > > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread awrobinson-ml
Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > > > Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > > On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > > > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP > > > > running on it for more than

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP > > > running on it for more than a year without any apparent problems. >

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread awrobinson-ml
Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP > > running on it for more than a year without any apparent problems. I > > put a new hard drive in the box and tried Fedora 13 and now Fedor

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread awrobinson-ml
JD wrote: > On 07/05/2010 01:27 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP running on > > it for more than a year without any apparent problems. I put a new hard > > drive in the box and tried Fedora 13 and now Fedora 12. It se

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP > running on it for more than a year without any apparent problems. I > put a new hard drive in the box and tried Fedora 13 and now Fedora > 12. [snip] Andrew, you have not

Re: Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread JD
On 07/05/2010 01:27 PM, awrobinson...@nc.rr.com wrote: > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP running on it > for more than a year without any apparent problems. I put a new hard drive in > the box and tried Fedora 13 and now Fedora 12. It seems to freeze at random >

Help me troubleshoot this problem

2010-07-05 Thread awrobinson-ml
I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP running on it for more than a year without any apparent problems. I put a new hard drive in the box and tried Fedora 13 and now Fedora 12. It seems to freeze at random or panic. I suspect hardware or a driver. I've been pulling card