Bug 4316 - APM in default kernel causes oops on some laptops
Summary: APM in default kernel causes oops on some laptops
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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URL: http://members.xoom.com/teledynamics/...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-08-02 16:34 UTC by garym
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-08-02 17:30:53 UTC
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Description garym 1999-08-02 16:34:06 UTC 
More of a caution:  Having APM enabled in the kernel
installed by the installation script causes some laptops to
oops on boot and this makes it impossible to install RH on
some laptops where the floppy drive is unsupported.

The URL included here lists some details of this oops, and
also some other problems with the installation of RH 6.0
on the Acer 330T notebook computer.
Comment 1 David Lawrence 1999-08-02 17:30:59 UTC 
We will have to see if we can get one these laptops into our test lab
to see if we can replicate this problem.
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