Latest working kernel version: 2.6.10 Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.26 Distribution: Debian Sid Hardware Environment: Celeron-266 (Covington) in QDI Legend V motherboard, 640MB RAM Software Environment: Debian Sid Problem Description: This machine has been running 2.6.10 since it was current. I recently installed the Debian distribution kernel of 2.6.26 and got this error: Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle The kernel hangs at that point (just after enumerating the usb and ata controllers). To check that the problem is not Debian-specific I downloaded the 2.6.28 source and compiled it myself: the problem is identical. Neither the CPU nor the RAM is overclocked; FSB is 66MHz. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install kernel version 2.6.26 or 2.6.28 2. Attempt to boot from either of the above kernel versions
This problem disappears when I re-set my BIOS settings with "Load Setup Defaults". I will report back when I have identified exactly which BIOS setting triggers this problem.
P.S. Could someone please explain what "regression" means, as it's not in the FAQ. I searched for the "Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle" message, but it was not found in any previous bug reports.
Regression is step by step using earlier and earlier versions to find the latest one wich does not contain the bug, to find what caused it more easily. I'm getting the same problem, but only if I boot with the acpi=on. This is with 2.6.27-r8 with gentoo patchset applied, on x86_64.
The message "Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle" does not in itself indicate a serious error. It may not have anything to do with the hang. Please also report the earlier kernel messages.
I am getting the same error/s, After attempting to resume from hibernate(first time trying the feature)It didnt resume so i cold rebooted . I just updated my kernel also not sure from what, It was autoupdate. Im running a dual boot Thinkpad t43 Partitions are #1 linux #2windows #3 swap i really dont wanna reinstall, can anyone help? this is the last 4 lines of the printout " `Adding 387668k swap on /dev/ramzswap0 `Marking TSC unstable due to TSC haults in idle `usb 4-2 : new fullspeed usb device using uhci_hcd and address 2 `usb 4-2 : configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice " Im using Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic this is what my menu.lst for that kernel looks like "] uuid d002cff5-55aa-4c6c-ab60-19ebec7406a5 kernel /boot.vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=uuid=d002cff5-55aa-4c6c-ab60-19ebec7406a5 ro splash vga=792 initrd /boot/initrid.img-2.6.28-15-generic quite "
also i tried booting from 2.6.28-14-generic and deleted the uuid lines and made root (hd0,1)
Could you please try "hpet=disable" in command line? I was succesful with this option, but I'm not sure it was the same issue. Regards,