Re: [coLinux-users] Vista SP1 - complete failure

[Michelangelo B. <mic...@gm...>]

On 6/20/08, Paolo Minazzi <pao...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jonathan,
> can you do an other simple test ?
>
> Run colinux on vista.
> ************************
> Then digit :
>
> # n1=$(cat /proc/interrupts | grep "0:" | awk '{ print $2 }')
>
> wait <n> seconds on you hand-clock (Don't use sleep command ! we are
> studying the PC timer taht seems broken! ). Then exec a new command
>
> # n2=$(cat /proc/interrupts | grep "0:" | awk '{ print $2 }')
>
> Now digit
> # echo $(expr $n2 - $n1)
>
> Get the value and divide it by <n>.
>
> You should have a value very closed to 100. Is it ?
>
>
> Run an other linux distribution that works
> ***********************************************
> Use the same procedure written above.
>
> You should have 100 or 1000 (or 250) .... Depends on the HZ defined
> into kernel ....
> What is the value you see ?
>
> Bye,
>
> Paolo
>
>
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I've got a Athlon64 x2 with same bios problem (which it had not before last
bios update). I can confirm Ubuntu 7.10 did not pass booting without
acpi=off parameter.
Should this help debugging I can send more data|run some test.
My 2 c

Michelangelo