On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 16:50 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> I might be skipping F12 on this HP laptop, the external USB
ports don't
> work and the rpm fusion wl akmod doesn’t work either:(
external USB ports don't work on an HP sounds like bug 524808 , which
we're currently evaluating as a blocker:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524808
if I were a betting man I'd bet you have 3 or 4GB of RAM (or more) and
lots of "nommu_map_single: overflow..." messages in your kernel logs.
Workaround: boot with 'iommu=soft' kernel parameter.
btw, is anyone else on the list suffering in silence with an HP or Acer
system with 2.5GB or more of RAM which either doesn't boot or whose USB
ports don't work? I'm trying to get an accurate evaluation of the level
of impact of this issue. If you are, please try booting with the
'iommu=soft' kernel parameter and if it helps you, PLEASE SAY SO! (also,
comment on bug #524808). Thanks.
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