Bug 81587
| Summary: | spurious 8259A interrupt system hangs | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | dsingh <dsingh> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Arjan van de Ven <arjanv> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 8.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | athlon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2006-02-21 18:51:05 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 72387 *** Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated. |
Description of problem:When I try to load Linux on a new Compaq Presario 905US laptop I get, very early in the installation phase of loading Redhat's Linux 8.0, a "Spurious 8259a interrupt: IRQ 7" message, and the system hangs. I've tried to boot using Linux pci=off, which eliminates the message and the installation appears to work, but after the system tries to boot I get a kernel panic. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kernel 2-4-18-14 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try intall of Redhat 8.0 on Compaq Presario 905Us or 906US laptop (see additonal info) 2. 3. Actual results: Install hanges. (If pci=off is not set) If set no support for pci devices e.g. ethernet, sound devices Expected results: Expect to install RH 8.0 without problems Additional info:I've been trying and trying and trying to get RH8 installed on my new > Compaq Presario 906US laptop with the following: > > 256MB RAM > ATI Radeon Mobility 320M Graphics (which isn't supported by XFree86 yet) > Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet > SoundMAX (I'm not exactly sure of the specs) > Toshiba CD-RW/DVD > > I *finally* can install and boot RH8 by doing the following: > 1. Before I begin the install, I have to enter "linux pci=off" > Otherwise, I get the "spurious 8259A" error. > 2. After the install, I reboot. When I get the GRUB screen to select > which OS to boot (I'm dual booting WinXP-- I press "a" which let's me edit the kernel > arguements. > 3. At the end of the kernel arguements I enter "noisapnp nousb pci=off" > 4. Press Enter. Everything boots correctly and I login to RH8. > > Sounds fine except I can't use my Ethernet card, sound, etc. because I > had to disable pci. > > My question: How can I activate my pci cards after booting? If I don't > use "noisapnp nousb pci=off" I get a Kernel Panic.