I did see this flagged up by Julien. Early reports are that has been accepted and will be 14.04... just needs testing.
So, on the plus side, that allows a few scant resources to be spent on non-pae :) Regards, Phill. On 3 March 2014 19:35, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Lubuntuers, > > A new kind of fake-PAE may be entered into the main-stream 32-bit > kernel, and I think this long-lasting bug will finally be squashed :-) > > Please test it if you have a suitable computer and you have time! > > If you want to take a short-cut and use an OBI tarball, let me know, and > I'll upload it for you. > > -o- > > The conversation below is from this link about PAE problems for Pentium > M and Celeron M computers > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix/+bug/930447 > > > Best regards > Nio > > ----- > Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote on 2014-03-01: #274 > > There's a new pair of patches: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/28/258 and > https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/26/394 > > It's a small patch but test reports to LKML are still welcome (you don't > have to be subscribed to the list to respond, just use the correct > subject line). > > roland aus köln (devzero-c) wrote on 2014-03-02: #275 > > i just tested your patch on ubuntu 13.10 with kernel from 14.04 > repository (complete package build) > > works like a charm! > > i would recommend adding the newly introduced param to to > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt , see my patch at > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix/+bug/930447/comments/224 > > Thanks for your work ! > > Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote 6 hours ago: #276 > > @Chris -- I have taken the liberty of cleaning up the commentary on > those two patches and applying them to a 14.04 kernel for testing. You > might want to do something similar (feel free to steal the text I used > and clean it up) and then submit the patches together to upstream for > consideration; as things have been left I doubt they will be applied as > the diff and commentary were separate. Also could you test these kernels > and let me know if they work at all, I do not have affected h/w. We can > then consider this for the 14.04 kernel. Kernels are at the URL below: > > http://people.canonical.com/~apw/lp930447-trusty/ > > roland aus köln (devzero-c) wrote 4 hours ago: #277 > > works for me. > > sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote 1 hour ago: #278 > > Works in my IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M without a PAE flag but with > PAE capability. > > But I have only booted via grub, because I cannot remaster an iso file. > Did you boot from syslinux, Roland? > > Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote 1 hour ago: #279 > > lkml: "grub is jumping to the 32-bit entry point and skipping the entire > real mode setup code. Bad grub." > > You don't need to build a syslinux bootable iso. You can boot the kernel > from Grub in 16-bit mode by using the linux16 command > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/linux16.html and > initrd16 https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/initrd16.html > > According to the discussion on LKML, linux16 is now the default on > Fedora, and should be used by other distributions. > > (If you still want to build a custom syslinux bootable system, just for > fun, see the instructions at > http://willhaley.com/blog/create-a-custom-debian-live-environment/ - > it's about 25 lines of code in total, and not difficult to follow) > > sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote 21 minutes ago: #280 > > ERROR: PAE is disabled on this Pentium M > (PAE can potentially be enabled with kernel parameter > "forcepae" - this is unsupported, may cause unknown > problems, and will taint the kernel) > This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: > pae > Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU > > -o- > > So I used the following modified lines in grub.cfg > > linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-14-generic root=UUID="string" ro quiet > splash forcepae $vt_handoff > initrd16 /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-14-generic > > and it boots and runs :-) > > WARNING: Forcing PAE in CPU flags > ... > > Thanks Chris :-) > ----- > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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