On 3/16/06, Calvin Dodge <caldodge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have an Asus K8N-VM with an Athlon64 3200+, running in 32-bit mode > (had too many problems with 64-bit FC4 on two other Athlon64 systems - > one Nvidia-based, the other ATI-based). > > I'm running FC5 test, and ran into a problem after a kernel upgrade. > (from 2.6.15-1996 to 2.6.15-2041 - hangup also happened with build > 2032) > > The SATA controller would timeout during the boot phase - not at > first, but during service startup (the service which stopped was > never the same - sometimes postfix, sometimes spamd, sometimes > something else). > > I finally did a compare of kernel messages from a 1996 bootup vs a > 2041 bootup, and saw the difference was that 2041 enabled APIC by > default, while 1996 didn't. > > I added "noapic" to the appropriate line in grub.conf, and now the > system runs fine in 2041. > > I don't really need any help with this now that the system is working > on the newer kernel, but thought the powers-that-be might mention this > in some note. Yes, the install notes might mention disabling APIC, > but I think a reasonable user might assume that if the initial kernel > ran just fine "out of the box", then minor kernel upgrades would > work, too. Works fine in 64-bit ; ). For me at least. It's not the exact same motherboard, but I have an nForce4 chipset. What problems did you have with 64-bit FC4? Jonathan -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list