[Bug 38263] Re: freeze at startup

[susancragin]

As of Edgy kernel 2.6.17.9.23 on AMD64, the bootup error message flashes
the following message:

8254 timer not connected

and then goes very slowly and grinds to a halt with the following message:
 
[22.xxxxxx] irq 233: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option
[22.xxxxxx] handlers:
[22.xxxxxx] [<ffffffff881110c0>]
(ohchi_irq_handler*0x0/0x7ff [ochi 1394]
[22.xxxxxx] Disabling IRQ #233

and then starts again.

I was told on a MEPIS web site that my problem MIGHT be PARTLY that my
BIOS should be upgraded from S3A19 to 3A23, but I have not tried this
yet.

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freeze at startup
https://launchpad.net/bugs/38263