> this bit sounds more like an xorg bug to me. > > Dave I have done some tests booting the 2.6.9 kernel @ FC2 in runlevel 3 (as starting with 5 leads to system freezing), and, different from what i got under FC3, I am actually able to get the system up and running: - With Cool & Quiet DISABLED in bios: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.00.09b) powernow-k8: BIOS error - no PSB - With Cool & Quiet ENABLED in bios: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.00.09b) powernow-k8: invalid freq entries 3300000 kHz vs. 2147483048 kHz powernow-k8: invalid freq entries 3300000 kHz vs. 2147483048 kHz powernow-k8: invalid freq entries 3300000 kHz vs. 2147483048 kHz powernow-k8: invalid freq entries 3300000 kHz vs. 2147483048 kHz powernow-k8: invalid freq entries 3300000 kHz vs. 2147483048 kHz powernow-k8: invalid freq entries 3300000 kHz vs. 2147483048 kHz powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0xe (2200 MHz), vid 0x2 (1500 mV) powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0x6 (1400 mV) powernow-k8: 2 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0xa (1300 mV) powernow-k8: 3 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12 (1100 mV) powernow-k8: cpu_init done, current fid 0xe, vid 0x0 powernow-k8: ph2 null fid transition 0xe Should I let the kernel developers know about this? -- Thiago dos Santos Guzella Electrical Enginnering Student - UFMG (www.ufmg.br), Brazil Linux User #354160 UIN: 13465286. Jabber: tguzella @ jabber.org "Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy laws my services are bound..." William Shakespeare