This is a brief note for google really, if anyone else has problems with a Packard Bell EasyNote MV51 laptop and linux. Namely the x86_64 kernels refusing to start (hanging after "io scheduler cfq registered" ) with Ubuntu Efty Edge (and in fact any 2.6.17 or 2.6.18 64 bit kernel). Meaning you have to run with 'noapic' as one of your kernel options, which drops you down to a single cpu.
The new 2.6.19 rc6 kernel fixes it all!! Hooray, I now have 2 cpu-cores again, and in all its 64 bit loveliness!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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