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raceman62race
June 30th, 2008, 01:54 AM
Insstalled updates and then it said I needed to reboot. Now I get an error
MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
Kernel panic not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Boot with apic=debug and send a report. Then try booting with the noapic option.

What do I need to do?????

iaculallad
June 30th, 2008, 02:00 AM
Edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file:


gksu /boot/grub/menu.lst


and append 'noapic' to the line the says "#defoptions=", then

Update grub:


sudo update grub

EDIT: Be sure to uncomment "#defoptions=" by removing the # sign afterwards.

raceman62race
June 30th, 2008, 02:04 AM
How do I do that? computer locks up during boot up after it gives me the error?

iaculallad
June 30th, 2008, 02:18 AM
How do I do that? computer locks up during boot up after it gives me the error?

Press F6 key when you see GRUB loading at boot time. A window will popup with a bunch of junk in it. Add 'noapic' (w/o single quote) after that and press Enter key. The system should boot and redo the process above when you are on GUI to fix it permanently.