I’d like to install 11.2m3 on my Aspire 3680, but there is a big issue… This regression, in which acer_wmi causes stack corruption and makes the kernel panic. Alas, the panic occurs early during boot; it seems that acer_wmi is compiled into the kernel. Is there any boot parameter I can use to prevent acer_wmi from loading, so that I can install 11.2m3 and upgrade to a kernel that doesn’t have this bug? Or should I just wait for milestone4?
I have too acer 3683. Last night i tried M3 on it and the same error i got, which you mentioned.
I used Live KDE Cd.
So i restart it again and did some changes in the boot screen like:
- change kernel to safe default(some thing like that).
- Video to yes
- Boot option: 3 (Not necessary, it is optional).
and choose now the normal Live desktop to proceed.
As i tried M2 also, i have problems with both version for my wireless card.
And nothing much are changed from M2, as i guess and tried it.
Give that option a try. hope it will work for you.
GullibleJones wrote:
> I’d like to install 11.2m3 on my Aspire 3680, but there is a big
> issue… ‘This regression’
> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13514), in which acer_wmi
> causes stack corruption and makes the kernel panic. Alas, the panic
> occurs early during boot; it seems that acer_wmi is compiled into the
> kernel. Is there any boot parameter I can use to prevent acer_wmi from
> loading, so that I can install 11.2m3 and upgrade to a kernel that
> doesn’t have this bug? Or should I just wait for milestone4?
That patch is not in 2.6.30.1 or 2.6.31-rc2. I wouldn’t hold my breath
waiting for it to be in an openSUSE distro.
BTW, acer-wmi is a module and is not compiled into the kernel. Those
two statements have very different meanings.
I have not tested this, but supposedly adding
acer-wmi.blacklist=yes
to the boot options should keep from loading the module. Once the
system is running, add acer-wmi to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
to make the exclusion more permanent.