Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:49:23 -0400 | From | Yaroslav Halchenko <> | Subject | Re: alienware hardware |
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I remember I've tried to boot 2.6.6 kernel included with debian (they have pretty much everything in modules) with pci=noacpi and acpi=off options... it didn't help - it was slow as hell...
I will try again with them and this kernel shortly. Thanx for advice
-- Yarik
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:42:33PM -0500, Chad Kitching wrote: > Have you tried booting with noapic, nolapic, noioapic and/or acpi=off? > Unfortunately since you compiled all your drivers into the kernel, > asking you to try without loading any of them won't work without a > recompile.
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Yaroslav Halchenko [mailto:yoh@psychology.rutgers.edu] > > Sent: June 24, 2004 4:10 PM > > Subject: Re: alienware hardware
> > it is seems to be more general problem, because it slows down not only > > dpkg process - booting on 2.4.26 kernel takes about 5 minutes to > > complete and of cause no dpkg is involved in that process.
> > I took dpkg as just single example, I don't what to try else on... > > bogomips reports about 50% of what is in /proc/cpuinfo, so it looks > > normal... I'm suspecting IDE, so it looks like when app has > > to work with > > HDD then it slows down although HDD bulb doesn't report an > > activity.... > > but I might be wrong. btw - I will put hdparm as well on the > > webpage
> > We are about to setup X on that beast and I will try may be some other > > programs... suggestions?
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