noapic -> no network...

[jethro]

That is fine with me, so if I just delete those files the interfaces will dissapear?

[jethro]

I did remove these scripts:

ifcfg-ath0
ifcfg-sit0
ifcfg-wifi0

 

When I boot WITH the noapic option, this wat "ifconfig" says:

[root@laptop jethro]# ifconfig
eth0	  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:D1:2F:9A:6A
	  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
	  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
	  TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
	  RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
	  Interrupt:10 Base address:0x4000

lo		Link encap:Local Loopback
	  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
	  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
	  RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
	  TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
	  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
	  RX bytes:8059 (7.8 KiB)  TX bytes:8059 (7.8 KiB)

So the weird etho0:9 is gone, but my network card still does NOT work when I boot WITH the noapic option.

 

If I boot with nolapic Mandriva doesn't load at all, it hangs on loading something synaptic...

 

What is that next thing I can try to make my network card work with the noapic option on?

[ianw1974]

What's the contents of /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.preload?

[jethro]

What's the contents of /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.preload?

Here is the content of the two files:

 

[root@laptop jethro]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
remove snd-hda-intel /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
install snd-hda-intel /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-hda-intel && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
alias eth0 8139too
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
alias net-pf-10 off
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe sata_sil; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ohci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true
remove unknown /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove unknown
install unknown /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install unknown
remove snd-atiixp /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-atiixp
install snd-atiixp /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-atiixp
options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1
alias ath0 ath_pci
alias ath0:9 ath_pci

 

Perhaps there are some weird things in there? I think the two last lines can be removed, perhapse even more?

 

[root@laptop jethro]# cat /etc/modprobe.preload
# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules
evdev

 

In this one I can not see anything weird.

[ianw1974]

They both look OK to me. The synaptics is the mouse pad driver for your touchpad on the laptop. Strange how that fails when apic is disabled.

 

I'm not sure what else to suggest in terms of getting the networking working with noapic disabled. But I'm about to put a suggestion in that might help your USB problem here:

 

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=31913&st=30

 

and then mean this noapic problem might not be relevant anymore.

[jethro]

It would be great to get the USB fixed, thank you for all your help. I just replied to your post in the other thread.