[ale] Any clues on a Dell Inspiron 5150 lockup?

[Dan Newcombe]

Byron,

  try passing disableapic to the kernel on boot.
Interesting article on SuSE's site about this:
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/swiegra_delldimension8100.html

Found that in a thread on google groups - translated from German...made
for an interesting read.  The article talks about it thinking it is a MP
box but withouth the MP.  BIOS update or that flag were the suggestions.

Google on "cpu:0, clock:0, slice:0" to fine the whole thread.
Must be that SCO SMP code in the kernel :)

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Byron A Jeff wrote:

> One of my students here at Clayton State just bought a whizbang Dell Inspiron
> 5150 laptop. He has the unenviable task of trying to get it to work in my
> Intro to Unix class where I'm using Knoppix 3.2 as the primary student
> vehicle.
>
> Unfortunately it locks up tight as a drum during the kernel boot with the
> tailing messages of:
>
> -------------
> CPU speed is 3056.5628 MHz
> Host bus clock speed is 0.000 MHz
> cpu: 0, clocks: 0, slice: 0
> -------------
>
> If you have any interest here's a knoppix.net thread on the subject:
>
> http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4606#21296
>
> In that thread someone points out that RH9 does boot. But I've taken a lot
> of care to minimize the impact on student machines and would prefer not to
> have this student have to repartition and install.
>
> Does anyone have any insight? I can compile a new kernel if I can figure out
> what twiddly bits need to be configured.
>
> BAJ
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