[Bug 35237] noapic required on asus L5800DF

[torb]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35237

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Needs Info

Description:
(with dapper - flight 5)

The installation halts right after loading the kernel if noapic is not
passed to the kernel as an argument.

This is because of a buggy BIOS.

Sleep/hibernate also doesn't work, with or without noapic.

Would it be possible to blacklist this model? Entering noapic in grub
isn't very obvious and likely to scare off new users.

If you need any information about this computer, please ask.

By the way, dapper is really nice! Thanks alot!

Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'linux-image'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu.