Spurious interrupt: IRQ7 on new installation

humbletech99 · 03-26-2006, 11:18 AM

Hi,
Just installed a fresh linux system and I've got the following message on the console just after I finished booting:

Code:

spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7

Despite doing a lot of linux I'm not used to dealing with IRQs so I could do with some help on this. I'm not sure if it means there is an IRQ conflict although I doubt this, Perhaps it's a normal message, I just don't know,

Could somebody please fill me in...?

bathory · 03-26-2006, 12:53 PM

It is not normal but AFAIK is harmless. You can avoid this message by adding

Code:

append = "parport=0x378,7"

in your /etc/lilo.conf (if you use lilo). Since I don't use grub I think that it should be:

Code:

parport=0x378,7

in the options line of your grub.conf.
You can take a look here for more details.