[ale] Any clues on a Dell Inspiron 5150 lockup?

[Jay Finch]

Interesting.  I know that the 5150 is offered by Emperor Linux as a
preconfigured machine.

It might be one of the standard components - Possibly the Wireless NIC
(Not Linux Supported).

I'd give them a call and ask what "gotchas" and explain you're doing this
for a class. :~)

Cheers!
Jay
...who also just got a 5150...

> One of my students here at Clayton State just bought a whizbang Dell
> Inspiron
> 5150 laptop. He has the unenviable task of trying to get it to work in my
> Intro to Unix class where I'm using Knoppix 3.2 as the primary student
> vehicle.
>
> Unfortunately it locks up tight as a drum during the kernel boot with the
> tailing messages of:
>
> -------------
> CPU speed is 3056.5628 MHz
> Host bus clock speed is 0.000 MHz
> cpu: 0, clocks: 0, slice: 0
> -------------
>
> If you have any interest here's a knoppix.net thread on the subject:
>
> http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4606#21296
>
> In that thread someone points out that RH9 does boot. But I've taken a lot
> of care to minimize the impact on student machines and would prefer not to
> have this student have to repartition and install.
>
> Does anyone have any insight? I can compile a new kernel if I can figure
> out
> what twiddly bits need to be configured.
>
> BAJ
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