Hang at boot: ACPI problem?Forum: User Feedback Topic: Hang at boot: ACPI problem? started by: jd nerd Posted by jd nerd on April 13 2005,22:16
DSL hangs during startup for me. I've tried everything I can think of, so I thought maybe someone here could suggest something. I am running an hp pavilion laptop. I downloaded the DSL iso, burned it to a CD, and booted to the CD. I have tried all of the following at the DSL boot menu: 1. <enter> -or- expert If I just press <enter> or type expert, I get the following: Loading Linux24................ Loading minirt24.gz............. <screen goes blank and never comes back> 2. dsl vga=normal This gives me: Loading Linux24................ Loading minirt24.gz............. Ready. Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. <screen hangs and doesn't recover> 3. failsafe When I type failsafe, I get a list of system properties that scrolls too quickly to read, and which stops on this line: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Level Trigger. <screen hangs and doesn't recover> I also tried several other boot parameters, including runlevel 2 and various screen resolutions. I don't remember the results from each option, but I know each variation resulted in one of the three outputs listed above. I just read a couple of messages that suggest acpi=off and noacpi. I'll reboot and try those, but if you think of anything else, I'd appreciate any help. Posted by jd nerd on April 13 2005,23:16
FYI, the acpi=off option fixed my problem. Now on to networking...
Posted by sss on July 27 2005,08:32
Thank you! I had the same problem on my ze4600 pavillion laptop. Boots finenow with acpi=off. Posted by adssse on July 27 2005,16:40
Also, works on my ze4560us. My questions is what exactly does this change with acpi being off? I read what acpi is, but not completely sure I understand what it does.
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