On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:03:07 +0000 (GMT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 7 Dec, Simon Oliver wrote: > > > >> Looking at the BIOS(couldn't see a make, but it's number is A02) > > That's the latest BIOS revision for your machine, see: > > > > http://support.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home.asp?sid=DIM_PNT_P4_4300 > > > >> Trouble is the only other choice is S1, which is even worse. > >> It seems that S1 and S3 are the ACPI Suspend Modes, but how can I turn > >> these off? Or use them properly? > > > > We've got a Dell Precision Workstation that wouldn't boot Linux - I got > > a Kernel Panic, something about a bug in apic.c. The first solution was > > to disable APIC in the system BIOS but then the machine wouldn't boot > > Win2K (dual boot). So I added [append = "disableapic"] to the > > lilo.conf, ran lilo, re-enabled APIC in the BIOS and now both Win2K and > > Linux (SuSE 7.2 / Kernel 2.4.4) are happy. > > > > Perhaps you could try one of these? > > APIC and ACPI are different animals... > > ACPI is an enhancement of APM (you just love all thes abbreviations > don't you?) It got me confused a wee bit when I go my new laptop and > played around with 2.4.xx.. > > The ACPI suspend support is not finished yet, and ACPI should be treated > very ALPHA/Experimental at this stage. Some bits of ACPI do work, but > the more useful bit don't... Thanks John. Yes I was (and still *am*) a bit confused. If only I could turn the ACPI off! I find it hard to believe that I can't, and have only the 2 options: S1 or S3!! My linux machine hangs and yet is till pingable. I'm going to do some experiments with it running W2000 and see if it stays up ok. Ross -- Ross Macintyre Heriot-Watt University [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
