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#1 2008-01-08 08:17:03
- synthead
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[solved] <6>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ... freezes
This is happening while using Archlinux-i686-2007.08-2.core.iso. Every time I boot the CD, I get this message and it locks up big time (numlock doesn't change LED). It's on a Sempron 2800+ CPU. Not sure what to do from here! What should I try?
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#2 2008-01-08 08:27:15
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Re: [solved] <6>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ... freezes
If I start the CD with the flags "arch acpi=off" it doesn't show the high res message, but instead hangs on "checking if image is initramfs... it is"
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#3 2008-01-09 14:38:47
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Re: [solved] <6>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ... freezes
http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Document … meters.txt (search for "clock")
Try hpet=disable. Or clocksource=tsc (or pit, or acpi_pm) ...
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#4 2008-01-09 14:58:39
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Re: [solved] <6>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ... freezes
Try also any combination of nohz=off and highres=off as kernel boot parameters.
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#5 2008-01-11 05:15:53
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Re: [solved] <6>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ... freezes
Hmm. I don't think it's the clock thing, it's always hanging at the initramfs thing. Perhaps I'll try burning another CD.
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#6 2008-01-11 05:31:25
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Re: [solved] <6>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ... freezes
The new CD didn't do anything different 
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#7 2008-01-13 21:58:51
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Re: [solved] <6>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ... freezes
On a fluke, it decided to work. It's kinda funny ... a couple of days ago, I turned it on out of hope and it booted fine. But for one reason or another I decided to reboot and it never booted for the rest of the night. Then yesterday, I booted it cold again, and it worked again. So I installed it while I had the chance, and now I have a completely functional Arch Linux system.
I built this PC for them a couple years ago when making a cheap computer was the goal ... guess that's what you get for using s--t hardware! 
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