[H-GEN] Spurious 8259A interrupt
Robert Brockway
robert at timetraveller.org
Thu Aug 23 00:03:00 EDT 2001
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Paul Cornford wrote:
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> I have just installed RH7.1 on a friends PC and when I try dialing out
> using kppp I get the error message "Spurious 8259 interrupt: IRQ7." in
> messages. kppp successfully initializes the modem. In KDE control panel
> I have noticed that IRQ 7 is not listed. The mouse uses IRQ 12. Can
> anyone explain this problem to me?
Irq7 is normally the first parrallel port. This would normally be a
printer. Does the box have a printer or does the kernel have printer
support?
Normally irq7 have _nothing_ to do with the serial devices.
Rob
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