Ubuntu 9.10 on Dell Dimension 2400 Update

[Ron Swift]

Thanks for the feedback from everyone on my issue with the two Dell 
Dimension 2400 workstations. The modem removal from the one solved the 
IRQ errors, but both units continued to freeze up after running for 
about 10 minutes.
I removed Ubuntu 9.10 from both boxes. Then I installed Kubuntu 9.04 via 
wubi on the box with Win XP and as a fresh install on the other box. 
Both are running just fine.
So I don't know what the issue was with Ubuntu 9.10 on these boxes, but 
I am satisfied with the end result.
Thanks

Rajiv Gunja wrote:
> Wow, I have not seen such errors in ages. Back in the 1996 - 2001, for
> certain distributions, we had to change the IRQ settings in the BIOS itself.
> If the modem is not the culprit, give the IRQ table under PCI in BIOS.
>
> Let us know how you fare.
>
> -GGR
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> 2009/11/11 Chuck Frain<chuck at chuckfrain.net>
>
>    
>> My first thought was 'is there a modem in there?' and if so can you try
>> disabling it or removing it?
>>
>> I found a post in the ubuntu forums that confirmed that thought here
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8279919 but it could be any
>> type of serial device or ports if you don't have modems in them.
>>
>> Let us know how it turns out!
>>
>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Ron Swift wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> I have two Dell Dimension 2400 workstations at my office that ran Win XP
>>> for about 3 years. Both were purchased new from Dell with Win XP
>>> installed and are similarly configured with 512 mb ram, Intel Celeron
>>> chip and 80 gig hard drive.
>>> I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on one using Wubi from within Win XP and a fresh
>>> install of Ubuntu 9.10 completely wiping out Win XP on the other.
>>> The one machine with the dual boot will boot into Ubuntu but after
>>> working in it for about 10 minutes or so it will freeze the screen and
>>> keyboard but the mouse cursor still moves. The machine has to be hard
>>> powered down.
>>> The second fresh install machine does the exact same thing. It also
>>> displays "Serial8250 too much work for irq17" errors multiple times.
>>> If it was just one and not both machines, I would have the motherboard
>>> replaced and try re-installing Ubuntu. But I am not sure that it is a
>>> hardware versus a Ubuntu OS issue.
>>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>> Thanks
>>>
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