[Bug 12348] New: noapic required to avoid crashes

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           Summary: noapic required to avoid crashes
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: linux
        AssignedTo: fabbione at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: torrb at musiker.nu
         QAContact: kernel-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


If I don't boot with noapic, I get the following message between "uncompressing
kernel..." and "starting ubuntu":

[4294671.410000] .. MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC


(the number within square-brackets varies)
The system boots fine but after a while different stuff stops working (such as
usb-mouse, gstreamer starts crashing and eventually the computer get stuck).

The computer is an asus amd64-laptop running the i386-version of Ubuntu breezy
badger.

What can I do to help troubleshoot this problem?

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