Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-12 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I have been running a GB board now for a long time on my latest rig, largely unproblematic. Best, Christopher Svanefalk On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. < eoconno...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/07/2012 12:12 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: > >> Στις 2/8/2012 14:28, ο/η Heinz

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-11 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 08/07/2012 12:12 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: Στις 2/8/2012 14:28, ο/η Heinz Diehl έγραψε: On 02.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: So, this is a processor bug? I would expect that Linux should detect these automatically... If I remember all correctly, there were two mainly independend issue

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-08 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 07.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: > Actually their answer to linux not booting without acpi_skip_timer_override, > is "install windows". But after backing up your data :D Yes, what else did you expect? ;-) I had some discussion with Gigabyte-folks before, on the same topic, and although I

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-08 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 08/07/2012 06:12 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: > [...] > We suggest you can back up your data and reintall genuine Windows OS and then > you can install supporting driver to run your system. > [...] > GIGABYTE > > Actually their answer to linux not booting without acpi_skip_timer_override, > i

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-07 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 13:28 +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > The AMD people are generally cute ones Inquiring minds want to know... ;-) I've often heard arguments about how Intel hardware may be better than AMD, and vice versa, but this is the first I've heard about their staff being better looking.

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-07 Thread Georgios Petasis
Στις 2/8/2012 14:28, ο/η Heinz Diehl έγραψε: On 02.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: So, this is a processor bug? I would expect that Linux should detect these automatically... If I remember all correctly, there were two mainly independend issues with C1E in Linux, one which is processor-relate

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-02 Thread Rick Stevens
On 08/02/2012 04:28 AM, Heinz Diehl issued this missive:: On 02.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: So, this is a processor bug? I would expect that Linux should detect these automatically... If I remember all correctly, there were two mainly independend issues with C1E in Linux, one which is pr

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-02 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 02.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: > So, this is a processor bug? I would expect that Linux should detect these > automatically... If I remember all correctly, there were two mainly independend issues with C1E in Linux, one which is processor-related, and one BIOS-related. Processor-bugs are

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-02 Thread Georgios Petasis
Στις 2/8/2012 12:04, ο/η Heinz Diehl έγραψε: On 02.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: Thanks for the tip, I search for this option and seems to relate to nvidia nforce 2 chipsets, but I also get a lot of references for gigabyte boards, i.e.: [] The problem is related to the APIC timer inter

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-02 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 02.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: > Thanks for the tip, I search for this option and seems to relate to nvidia > nforce 2 chipsets, but I also > get a lot of references for gigabyte boards, i.e.: [] The problem is related to the APIC timer interrupt, the CPU goes into enhanced halt stat

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-02 Thread Georgios Petasis
Στις 1/8/2012 23:24, ο/η Heinz Diehl έγραψε: On 01.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: This sounds too difficult for me. I played with the bios settings, and I found out that the freeze happens when the option "AMD C1E" is enabled in the BIOS. If C1E is disabled, I don't need the acpi=off to get L

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-01 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 01.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: > This sounds too difficult for me. I played with the bios settings, and I > found out that the freeze happens when the option "AMD C1E" is enabled in > the BIOS. If C1E is disabled, I don't need the acpi=off to get Linux to > boot. And this time the pc can

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/01/2012 12:09 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: This sounds too difficult for me. I played with the bios settings, and I found out that the freeze happens when the option "AMD C1E" is enabled in the BIOS. If C1E is disabled, I don't need the acpi=off to get Linux to boot. And this time the pc can

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-01 Thread Georgios Petasis
Στις 1/8/2012 14:30, ο/η Heinz Diehl έγραψε: On 01.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: I have contacted gigabyte for a BIOS update (saying to them that there is a bug in the ACPI section of their BIOS), but I am getting irrelevant answers, like using linux drivers from the vendors of the board pa

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-01 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 01.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: > I have contacted gigabyte for a BIOS update (saying to them that there is a > bug in > the ACPI section of their BIOS), but I am getting irrelevant answers, like > using linux drivers from the vendors of the board parts, or removing the > BIOS battery and

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-08-01 Thread Georgios Petasis
Στις 31/7/2012 21:38, ο/η Roberto Ragusa έγραψε: On 07/31/2012 12:20 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: Hi all, I am facing a problem booting Fedora 17: the pc freezes unless I use "acpi=off" in kernel parameters, in grub. If I use acpi=off, fedora boots and works ok, but cannot power off the pc afte

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-07-31 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 07/31/2012 12:20 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: > Hi all, > > I am facing a problem booting Fedora 17: the pc freezes unless I use > "acpi=off" in kernel parameters, in grub. > If I use acpi=off, fedora boots and works ok, but cannot power off the pc > after a shutdown. > > How can I solve this

Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-07-31 Thread Georgios Petasis
Hi all, I am facing a problem booting Fedora 17: the pc freezes unless I use "acpi=off" in kernel parameters, in grub. If I use acpi=off, fedora boots and works ok, but cannot power off the pc after a shutdown. How can I solve this issue? George -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraprojec