[Tech] Re: problemi con scheda di rete

[Franco Bagnoli]

A roposito dei problemi linux con la scheda  GA-8SQ800, ecco qui 
un suggerimento che ha funzionato: 

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Hi there,

I actually have found a solution :)

I assume your problem is with linux....

For some reason, linux gets confused with
some Intel boards, and incorrectly uses the
APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller)
on the motherboard. 

The result is that you lose half the interrupts going
to various hardware devices. (I found especially 
PCI, AGP  and USB devices )

The solution is to boot linux with the "noapic"
option. So at the lilo prompt you should do something like :
boot: linux noapic

After this, everything should work.
You can (if you use lilo) make this change 
permanent by adding in your /etc/lilo.conf :
append="noapic"
and re-running lilo. From then on your machine
should work perfectly.

Cheers
Stefan

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