On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I installed F13 on my Dad's computer last night and ran into this >> issue. The install itself went perfectly. I'm not sure what's >> different between what services get run during install and regular >> startup, but I can boot to the recovery option of the install DVD and >> chroot to the system drive no problem. >> >> When I boot normally everything starts fine and then somewhere around >> the avahi daemon starting the system slows to a CRAWL, the abrt daemon >> fails to start but otherwise continues. >> >> Checking dmesg I see the following repeated probably 1000 times: >> >> serial8250: too much work for irq 19 >> >> I've googled this and the fact that my Dad's hardware is current (Acer >> dual core Pentium D) I don't think it actually has a 8250 UART. It >> could be a serial port that's not being detected correctly or an >> internal modem. I'll have to get him to check if he actually has >> one... >> >> Anyone have any experience troubleshooting things like this? > > If the UART is integrated into the motherboard disable it in the BIOS or > reassign the IRQ. If the UART is a add-on check to see if you can change the > IRQ via moving or adding a jumpoer. I had already tried disabling both com ports in the bios to no effect. He checked today and did have some kind of Motorola based internal modem. I told him to yank it and see if that helps since he doesn't have a land lne anyway. We'll see. Thanks, Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines