Compaq nx9005

**georkal** · 01-19-2005

Hello to all,

I have made my first effort of installing Mandrake 10.1 on my Compaq nx9005 laptop.
After following the install procedure sucessfully and making the first reboot i get to linux bootloader, i choose linux and when the process indicator bar gets full my laptop freeze!
I tried failsafe and after some lines of various info it hangs up as well.
The last two lines when i choose failsafe (if that helps) are as follow :

ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Level Trigger

Note: I had the same problem when i tried to run the knopix version.

On first look i would assume that its a hardware incompartibility but since i've read that other pleople using the same laptop model have sucessfully installed and run mandrake thats not the issue...

If anyone has any ideas on this problem please share

I appreciate it.

**jeremy1701** · 01-19-2005

Boot into failsafe mode. This should boot you into a Command Line Interface (CLI) as root. From there, edit the file /etc/lilo.conf.

Code:

vim /etc/lilo.conf

Once it's started, hit the i key to enter edit mode. change the ACPI option to ACPI=off. Hit esc, then wq, then enter. Run the command

Code:

lilo -v

Restart and see if that helps.
Jeremy

**jeremy1701** · 01-19-2005

Oops. I see you can't even start failsafe. Hit esc when you see the blue lilo screen. Enter linux 3 (or whatever the default system to load is called)

If that doesn't work, keep lowering the number utill you reach 1. linux 2, linux 1. One of them should work.
Jeremy

**georkal** · 01-19-2005

First of all thank you for your reply,
I tried what you suggested but for no luck

For some reason though when i tried to boot with acpi disabled (acpi=off) i managed to get further to another boot screen "Mandrake 10.1 screen" but again my system freezed.

So i suppose it has something to do with acpi;

Again any suggestions would be appreciated

Regards,
George

**jeremy1701** · 01-19-2005

Boot again into whatever run level gets you to a terminal and post the output of the command

Code:

dmesg

Jerm

**georkal** · 01-19-2005

Well the thing is that i cannot get to any run level in order to give any command even when i try failsafe.
The only thing that seemed to work was when i booted using "linux acpi=off" and i got to another page with a process indicator and then another screen "Mandrake 10.1 screen" where the system freezed again..

**jeremy1701** · 01-19-2005

hmmm... try this

Code:

linux 3 acpi=off

Jeremy

**jeremy1701** · 01-19-2005

Or, if that doesn't work, when you get to the blue screen that says Mandrake 10.1, try hiting alt+f1. If that doesn't work, try several of the "f" keys plus alt.

Jeremy

**georkal** · 01-19-2005

linux 3 acpi=off WORKS!!!!!

This reply is from Mandrake

Although now that acpi is disabled cpu's powernow is not functioning and the cpu fan works at full speed.
Any ideas why i had this problem anyway?

**jeremy1701** · 01-19-2005

ACPI support in Linux isn't all that great. A few things to note, your BIOS might be set for APM rather then ACPI, that would really mess things up (or at least it did on my Compaq Laptop). Also, you might not have ACPI or ACPID installed, even thought one or the other is installed. Your best bet is to edit your lilo file like I said above so that you can at least have a working a working system. The google for your specific model laptop plus the word linux. Also, check out the stick in the laptop section. It's very helpful.

You say it's working? Does that mean you have GUI? b/c linux 3 should boot you into CLI.
Jeremy

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