Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:18:25 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem |
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:35:46 -0800 Charles Landau <clandau@macslab.com> wrote:
> I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC and have discovered that it won't > install Fedora 10 unless I give the kernel boot option "noapic" or > "nolapic". > > This system's processor is the Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200. > > It would seem that this is either a kernel bug to be fixed, or a > documentation bug so users of this machine know about the workaround. > I'll report the bug if someone will tell me how.
It should only be necessary if the system has BIOS problems. File a report anyway and include the lspci -vvxxx and dmidecode data as attached files
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