CentOS 5 :: MP BIOS BUG : 8254 Timer Not Connected To APIC IO After Upgrade To 5.4?
Oct 23, 2009
I have some virtual machines running with CentOS 5.3 (32 bit) and everything works as expected. To test a possible upgrade I took one of then and did yum clean all yum update after rebooting I get a kernel panic with the following message:
MP BIOS BUG : 8254 timer not connected to APIC IO I know that I can change the boot command not to use APIC and after that the machine boots again but I doubt that there has been any change to the virtual APIC implementation during the upgrade of the OS. Is there anything that iI should exclude from upgrading while working in a vm? I use VMWare Player 2.5.3 build-185404 on a 64 bit Ubuntu 9.04 as host.
The "MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC" error message shows up on boot on at least one of my RHEL servers, and I'm not quite sure what to make of it. My understanding of the situation is that the timer is located elsewhere on the motherboard than where the kernel looks for it. Is this correct?
I've come across people suggestin one should disable APIC by adding "noapic" to the kernel boot options, but which consequences does this imply - in SNP setups only one CPU will be used by the kernel?
I was able to copy the iso file and tried the installation however I stubbled upon the same problem I had when I tried installing Fedora 11. The message I received was "(1) (0.048001) MP-BIOS bug:8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC (2) (0.064001) Kernel panic-not syncing:IO-APIC + timer doesn't work Book with apic debug and send a report. Then try booting with the 'no apic-option'.
After searching other similar posts I have not found an answer. I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.4.1 after reformatting the computer from the previous Ubuntu Edgy. When rebooting get this msg (in title). I used the live CD to get into the grub files to see if I could ad 'noacip' option. But was looking for 'menu lst' file and found none. Currently when I boot I don't get any menu list and therefore no options at the bottom. Should be an easy problem to resolve Powerspec B364/160gb/856Ram/ATI raedon 200 express onboard/Geforce 8400GS PCI-e
I'm using openSUSE 11. I'hv tried to upgrade it to 11.1 with a x86_64 installation DVD (as I did earlier), but it failed. It showed the following message:
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eventually same type of problem happend when I was trying with fedora 10... fedora 9 and openSUSE 11 install smoothly in my 64 bit machine (compaq SR1730IL, Intel pentium 4, 524 and 1GB DDR2 RAM)
I am new to linux and I am attempting to establish a dual boot with Windows Vista 32 Bit and Linux Debian 503 i386-netinst. When I place the install cd into the cd drive and boot from the cd a problem occurs at "Booting the kernel."
A message appears: [0.116007] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8524 timer not connected to IO-APIC Then the installation just "stalls" and never moves past this point.
I converted a PXE boot environment to CentOS 5.2 (64 bit). It is used to install various flavors of Linux. The default timer within the menu is configured for 10 seconds. Can anyone recommend a version of syslinux that is compatible with CentOS 5.2 (x86_64) in which the menu timer issue has been resolved?
I installed centos 5.3 with last update in Virtualbox 3.06. Everything looks quite good except the unix time. It's very fast than normal. I even couldn't make ntpd work.
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I also modified the menu.lst files as following: kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-164.el5 ro root=/dev/vg00/lv00 rhgb quiet divider=10 But it still dosen't work. how to sync the local time in the virtualbox? It looks like a bug in current kernel as other linux with newer kernel don't have such problem.
dmesg | grep -i time ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408 Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4658.19 BogoMIPS (lpj=2329098) Using local APIC timer interrupts.
I have established that there is a BIOS virus in this machine (I have basically done every test that can be done) And I found the flashing utility for upgading and everything, now the only problem left is installing it Whenever I try this happens.....
I also tried above command logged in as root and the 'normal' admin account. the usage instructions that I obtained from the manufacturer are: The BIOS Update File is a .sh file (Shell Script), which enables you to create a bootable disk to update the BIOS.The script only works if there is a C-Compiler installed at usr/bin/cc and the user has write access on dev/fd0 (e.g. if not filed as Root).
I recently set up a Clonezilla server as I have 200+ computers to reimage. Everything was setup and working fine, until I ran into a computer that has a newer BIOS. Grub loads and works fine, but the kernel hangs.
So as mentioned above when I boot the client from PXE to image it, Grub loads, and as it tries to boot, the following lines appear:
Loading vmlinuz-pxe.... Loading initrd-pxe.img.....ready. Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)....ok [screen flickers then returns to the above text. Freezes.]
I updated the bios on a machine that previously worked to confirm/replicate the problem. How do I fix this?
I'm attempting to upgrade the BIOS in an ASUS 1005HA netbook. The netbook runs SuSE 11.3, and no other OS. All the BIOS utilities on from ASUS are Windows or DOS based. ASUS has a utility titled afudos that apparently flashes the programmable ROM. Running afudos using the dosemu utility suggests that one needs to create a DOS boot drive, execute afudos during a reboot with the new ROM image located on the drive.
How does one accomplish said task on a netbook without a floppy disc drive? Do I create a bootable DOS USB flash drive that contains just afudos and the new bios flash rom upgrade? And if so, how does one do this? As a side issue, it looks like all the major motherboard vendors do not support Linux. That is, all the motherboard drivers require Windows or DOS.
I have a dell inspiron 530 desktop with core 2 quad and 4GB memory, running 32bit vista and 64 bit fedora 10. I searched on the web with "can I install 8GB memory on dell inspiron 530", and got couple of articles that says I only needed a bios upgrade.I downloaded bios version 1.0.18 from dell and run that in Windows to replace bios 1.0.12.After it said upgrade successful and asked me whether I wanted to reboot to have the new bios taking effect, and I said yes. And it shutdown the computer, and never came up Now, when power up, I see nothing, not even the "F2 to setup, F12 to boot menu" message, much less the grub selection. Is there a way to revive the computer?
I reinstalled XP to do a dualboot with 10.10 yesterday. All was fine. Today I went through and installed everything windows needed, and everything seemed fine. Then I upgraded the BIOS on my motherboard, and suddenly everything isn't fine. I can boot to Ubuntu just fine. But when I select Windows from the GRUB menu, it just sits there with a cursor on the screen now.
Still in 8.04 hardy heron, ordinary upgrade via automatic upgrade does not work, some essential pieces missing, but also my bios does not support usb cd and my "original" cd drive is broken. So........ I have burnt a cd Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx desktop version 32 bit (intel).
1) I have broken cd drive and old bios, i have usb cd drive instead which is not supported by bios when boot from cd.
2) I have still Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron but if i upgrade to 10.04 from there via automatic upgrade, this does not work, some patches missing, whatever, but upgrade this way does not work and in the end the system is set back to 8.04 again...
3) I have burnt a cd with entire Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx which i had downloaded from the web at ubuntu com; within my 8.04 i want to install all of it, so i want to install 10.04 this way, so a fresh installation via my usb cd (this is also the way i had burnt this cd image; the cd shows all the files so it is the right way burnt), so just not via bios boot, or how to explain this best.
Can somebody tell me how to disable apic in the grub? I've already edited the grub text file and added "noapic" in the kernel line. Now is there something similar to "sudo update-grub" that I have to run (I ask because it's not saving when I reboot)? I know in ubuntu you have to run that command in order for the changes to the text file to take place in the grub. Is there a command similar to that for Fedora?
I have been told by the staff from supermicro to update my BIOS, but they only have .exe to update. I ask them if they can help me to update my bios from Centos, and this is what they said
You can use RHEL driver: [URL] use same kernel driver for CentOS as RHEL. I'm really new with Centos OS, can you guide me on how would I be able to update my software via RHEL Driver? I see alot of RPM and images.
I'm facing a strange problem after upgrading my Ubuntu to 10.10. After I start up the system, the wifi is not getting connected by default (which was getting connected automatically in the earlier version). So I right click on network manager and click on 'Enable Wireless' option and it gets connected. So far so good. Now I close the laptop lid - it goes to sleep mode and after it wakes up, the wifi never gets connected. When I right click on the network manager icon, the 'Enable Wireless' option is disabled! I have to reboot my machine to get connected!
Hardware is a Supermicro with C2SBC-Q board, have set up a RAID1 with 3 WD drives, the BIOS "sees" the "LightScribe" DVD drive but it is not being recognized by CentOS (5.2 x86_64). It's on an IDE bus, set to "master".# dmesg | grep -E 'CD|DVD|hdc' produces a new prompt with NO feedback, BTW.I have CentOS 5.2 i386 running on this machine with the same DVD drive, it was not an issue.
I've a problem to mount a second BIOS-RAIDset in CentOS 5.6. De computer is equipped with 5 SATA disk drives, 2x 1,5 TB (RAID1) in boot (working properly) 2x 2 TB (RAID1) for holding a VM for a NAS (must me mounted to /nas but it doesn't). 1x 750 GB (single disk) not assigned yet.
The 2x 2TB RAID oneset is assigned using a mapper: /dev/mapper/pdc_ccbjafbfd
De RAIDset is recognised by dmraid en is operational. I can see the partition (added with p1) with fdisk. But when I tried to mount the partition on the 2TB nas it says: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/pdc_ccbjafbfdp1 And when I try to use fsck it says: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/mapper/pdc_ccbjafbfd 36.Filesystem mounted or opened exclusively by another program?
I think there's another program active on the background.
I can get into the BIOS just fine but cannot find anything such as NX or Exucute Disable mode( on or off) Does anyone have any ideas? I contacted Acer support and they may be able to help only if I pay for their support. AS of now I have Ubuntu 10.4 installed and upgraded to 10.10 but have black screen with message about (NX) or Execute Disable in bios. The message says---This CPU is family 6, model 37, and has NX capabilities but is unable to use these protective features because the BIOS is configured to disable the capability. Please enable this in your BIOS. I have windows 7 professional on one partition and Ubuntu on the other partition. I can still access Ubuntu 10.4. but have the black screen on 10.10
i am trying to install fedora 11 kde on my desktop, but after restarting computer, then appears error message "IO APIC resources couldnt be allocated, buffer I/O error on device sr0" i am not sure what to do next?
Is there anyone that can tell me what the above error is all about. When I beet my Centos5.3 server I get the error it doesnt effect the bootup and the system is working fine but the error I am assuming isnt a good thing.
I'm trying to install Fedora 11 on a Dell Latitude c810 (PIII 1ghz, 256mb ram, GeForce2 GO)
When trying to boot from the Live CD it goes to the first fedora boot screen where it counts down from 10 then tries to boot.
It then says "IO Apic resources could not be allocated" then moves onto a fedora loading bar which completes... but the next screen is completely black, I've tried letting it stay there for 10 or so minutes but nothing happens.
I installed the VSFTPD from YUM and installed the webmin module.i can connect to the server with Telnet but can�t list files.When i try to connect with a FTP client i get the following errors: An error occured openig that folder on the ftp server. Make sure you have access to that folder.
200 Switching to ASCII mode. 227 Entering passive mode (172,20,1,5,69,210)
