hi,

Clint Wallace wrote:
> When I compile the kernel and boot, it hangs at this error:
> ESR value before enabling vector: 00000002
me too

> I did some research and found that it has something to do with booting
> or not booting with APIC?
correct
your via-chipset has some bugs that make the APIC code in the kernel go crazy

> Someone suggested booting with the boot option of 'noapic' ... does
> anybody know how to supply this option?
what bootloader do you use?

if you use grub, just edit /boot/grub/grub.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst
and add "noapic" to the line that says
"kernel /blablabla root=/dev/hdxx ro" or something similar

i don't know how to do this with lilo

> They also said that if that doesnt work to disable CONFIG_*_APIC in
> the config. However, I noticed that CONFIG_*_APIC has been set to 'n'
> (disabled) all along?
that did work for me
this is the first time i see someone reporting it doesn't work for him
are you sure you aren't doing nothing wrong?

regards

joachim

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