[Bug 35274] Try booting with noapic - Re: NetVista 6824 becomes unresponsive after some time, OK after reboot

[Peter Whittaker]

I have a NetVista M42 and saw the same problem under Dapper server. I
don't have a fix, but I do have a workaround: Boot with the noapic
kernel option (no other options necessary).

I did this months ago, and the problem was "resolved" - well, it
disappeared; my research into the why of it was completely
unsatisfactory, it just works.

The following bugs appear to be related:

#35274, NetVista 6824 becomes unresponsive after some time, OK after
reboot: Exactly the same symptons I had, also same as #71023.

#35993, hang on an IBM NetVista PC: Similar symptons. Some have resolved
with BIOS update; no such luck for me, I have latest BIOS. Others have
use noapic nolapic, but nolapic unnecessary for me.

#69526, intel 845G using i810 driver freezes xorg: Similar behavior,
esp. comparable to #35993, may be timer/interrupt issue and not related
to the 845G at all.

#71023, Sparodically slow system clock: I am tempted to mark this one a
duplicate of 35274.

FWIW, YMMV.

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NetVista 6824 becomes unresponsive after some time, OK after reboot
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