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Posted: Mar. 02 2007,17:07 QUOTE
I'm new to DSL but not new to linux. I've got several small irks with DSLs inital setup that I had to work out. Right now though I seem to have a bug where if I use the system reboot command to reboot it hangs after flashing the compaq bios logo. Disabled all the power management stuff in the lappys bios. Using noacpi in grub... Ideas?
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Posted: Mar. 20 2007,19:46 QUOTE
mess with the pci settings in the bios...that is what i had to do. What messages are you seeing? Where is it hanging in the boot process.
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Posted: Mar. 21 2007,12:57 QUOTE
No errors, when it comes back up it just shows a visually garbled display and then fades to black.
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Posted: April 08 2007,03:28 QUOTE
Quote (gnuperman @ Mar. 21 2007,07:57)
No errors, when it comes back up it just shows a visually garbled display and then fades to black.

I have DSL running on an old Compaq Presario 1270, and to my surprise, I was able to update the BIOS to their last release via hp.com. You might consider doing this, since perhaps the problem is related to a bug in the BIOS. As usual, beware when updating a BIOS, you run the risk of messing things up entirely I have been told.

Also, I noticed in the bios for my Compaq you can restore to defaults. You might try this first before doing anything else. Hope this helps!
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