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09-28-2003, 04:11 PM
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What is APIC?
I was told this could be the reason that my ACPI keeps freezing my computer on boot. What exactly is APIC?
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09-28-2003, 05:15 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Indiana
Distribution: Suse 6.0+, Mandrake 5.0-10.0, Redhat 6.0-9.0, Gentoo 1.2+, Gnoppix, Knoppix, Sabayon, Ubuntu 5.04+
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For starters its. ACPI, not APIC.. lol
And if youd bothred to type the word into google it would have told you.
Advanced Configurable Power Interface
Suse 8.2 is best for supporting acpi, mandrake does ok. Next mandrake will probably do better. Redhat does nothing.
Or perhaps your system wants you to turn acpi off with "ACPI=OFF"
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09-28-2003, 05:24 PM
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Originally posted by Caeda
For starters its. ACPI, not APIC.. lol
And if youd bothred to type the word into google it would have told you.
Advanced Configurable Power Interface
Suse 8.2 is best for supporting acpi, mandrake does ok. Next mandrake will probably do better. Redhat does nothing.
Or perhaps your system wants you to turn acpi off with "ACPI=OFF"
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No, this is something different. Im well aware of what ACPI is, as Ive been trying (with no success) to get it working for about a month on my computer. In the lilo configuration there is an option for "Force noapic" I want to know what this does before I try it. Its above the "Enable ACPI" and someone told me to try it in order to make my ACPI work properly |
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09-28-2003, 06:10 PM
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Oh, you really meant APIC.. lol
Its a single board, multiprocessor core system.
Usually its enabled for Dual and Quad Processor boards.
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09-28-2003, 06:13 PM
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Originally posted by Caeda
Oh, you really meant APIC.. lol
Its a single board, multiprocessor core system.
Usually its enabled for Dual and Quad Processor boards.
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So what does that have to do with ACPI support? |
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09-29-2003, 03:34 AM
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Originally posted by Caeda
For starters its. ACPI, not APIC.. lol
And if youd bothred to type the word into google it would have told you.
Advanced Configurable Power Interface
Suse 8.2 is best for supporting acpi, mandrake does ok. Next mandrake will probably do better. Redhat does nothing.
Or perhaps your system wants you to turn acpi off with "ACPI=OFF"
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I'd suggest you were really really sure of your own advice before critising other people  |
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