[gentoo-releng] 2004.2 on Asus p4c800-e deluxe (resolved)

[Whitley CTR Cecil H]

Hello,
I continued working on my issues over the weekend.  Finally bit the bullet
and removed the ide hd from the external USB case and installed it in the
machine.  2.6.8-gentoo-r3 loaded and is running"fine".  I also resolved the
issue I was having with the SMP kernel that shipped with 2004.2
(2.6.7-gentoo-r11).  noapic as a kernel command line option resolved the
kernel panic on e1000 initialization (net-setup).  Might want to add that as
a solution to bug id 42345.  BTW, 2.6.8 with apic enabled works fine and the
e1000 initializes properly.

If I can get a little off topic advice, I would appreciate it.  During long
compiles (xorg-x11, etc) I am getting thermal warnings and the cpu is being
cycled back.  I've got four case fans (2 back including the power supply
fan, one side and one top).  It is possible that I disconnected the cpu fan
while installing the hd, will have to check that this evening, but all
cables appeared to be in place.  I'll verify that the cpu fan is spinning
when the computer is on, but a power off check appeared that everything was
properly connected.  Normal operations like surfing, checking email don't
raise the temp though, it seems limited to long compiles.  Is this normal p4
3.4 (northwood) behavior?  These compiles are keeping the processor pegged
at or near 100% during the compiles (source pre-fetched).

Any comments welcome.

Thanks,

Cecil