On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 09:54 +0200, Miroslav Maiksnar wrote: > As for SMP kernel freezing, try adding "noapic" to kernel parameters. It is > quite common issue, that motherboards for dual-core CPUs don't have APIC. > > Mixi > I had to google APIC because I didn't know what is was. Is it possible that my laptop doesn't have APIC because it's dual core and not dual processor? One site I googled suggested to look at the output of /proc/interrupts. Here's my output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 3372720 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 11233 IO-APIC-edge i8042 8: 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 5574 IO-APIC-level acpi 11: 3 IO-APIC-level ohci1394 12: 924022 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 120000 IO-APIC-edge ide0 50: 537756 IO-APIC-level ndiswrapper 209: 4 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb1 217: 175146 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb2 225: 46850 IO-APIC-level libata 233: 149 IO-APIC-level HDA Intel NMI: 1356 LOC: 3280198 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 Does this mean that my board has APIC? Should I still try noapic? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]