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Linux kernel hangs at 'Switching to clocksource tsc" on Pentium 4
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Hardware: Dell Dimension 4500S : i845G, Pentium 4, stock + 2GB RAM and latest (circa 2002) BIOS update. I've been building a Linux system from source, so far it's LFS 7.0 by the book. The first kernel I built works fine, but has alot of fluff and bloat, so I'm now optimizing the kernel for my targe…
Error Output
# cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource tsc
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Fix for: Linux kernel hangs at 'Switching to clocksource tsc" on Pentium 4
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From a quick search this problem seems to have quite many possible reasons, and seems to point to the fact that your new kernel's default for clock-source is wrong for your motherboard. One advice that worked for some was to use or . In another thre…
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