Most recent kernel where this bug did *NOT* occur: Distribution: Ubuntu Edgy Hardware Environment: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompaqPresarioV2417LA/Hardware Software Environment: default Problem Description: Revise dmesg and BIOS Bug. Solution: Report of Kernel to Company Bug in BIOS, and fix company Compaq problem
Created attachment 9825 [details] $cat dmesg
Created attachment 9826 [details] $sudo dmidecode
Created attachment 9827 [details] $reportbug linux-image-2.6.17-10-generic
Created attachment 10019 [details] $dmesg in 2.6.20-5-lowlatency
Problem in cpu 64bits of Intel and AMD. References: http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=27836&sid=af434c3ef1852326ee44d904346fed1e http://www.unixboard.de/vb3/showthread.php?t=23535 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/2/108 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/5/275 http://www.trustix.org/forum/showthread.php?t=748 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=241913 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.x86-64.general/1794
I test proyect: http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org/ Report of my BIOS: http://www.bughost.org/pipermail/firmwarekit-results/2007-February/000094.html (Revise file results-0001.xml)
Your PC's BIOS is buggy. This is not a Linux bug.
Created attachment 14307 [details] $dmesg in kernel 2.6.24-2-generic of Ubuntu Hardy Heron Not message in new kernel. Close report?
Thanks, closing the bug.