FC6: Things segfaulting all over

[Vijay Gill]

On 13/11/06, James Wilkinson <fedora at aprilcottage.co.uk> wrote:
> Vijay Gill wrote:
> > Just another thought. Do I need noapic and nolapic etc as kernel
> > params during boot? Currently I do not have those but I still remember
> > using those long time ago to install Mandrake (before it became
> > Mandriva) Linux.
>
> These things should just work, and if they don't, you'd know about it.
> Since you've got as far as you have, they're unlikely to be a problem.
>
> If you want to play with kernel parameters, try noacpi. A dodgy ACPI
> implementation on your motherboard could cause problems.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> James.
>
noapic and nolapic did not work anyway. I tried and had segfault. I
use mencoder to encode some stuff and surely it crashes after some
time. I tried mencoder (along with the needed libs) which was working
100% stable under FC5.
Giving noacpi a shot and will report back soon.
Vijay