slow system

[Eric "Shubes"]

You don't add a line. You change the line in /boot/grub/menu.lst (if your
system uses grub).

Michael Havens wrote:
> ps~ what is the name of the file I would add that line to on an installed 
> system?
> 
> On Monday 20 November 2006 12:01 pm, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
>> That's a good guess.
>>
>> You'll need to add the acpi=off kernel parameter. Presuming you're using
>> grub, you can add "acpi=off" to the kernel parameters like such:
>>
>> kernel  /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5 ro root=LABEL=/fedora rhgb quiet
>> acpi=off
>>
>> Keep everything you already have, simply add 'acpi=off' to the end of the
>> list.
>>
>> Dazed_75 wrote:
>>> I did a google search on the phrase "Misaligned resource pointer".
>>> Almost all of the results I checked seemed to say this message comes
>>> from ACPI and several said it was a known bug.  Whether true or not,
>>> since this has only to do with power management and you are using a
>>> desktop system, you might just try booting with ACPI turned off.
>>>
>>> This is guesswork, but perhaps the slowness in booting has to do with
>>> the attempt to discover controllable resources.  It could also be that
>>> conflicts from the new hardware are involved.  In any case, turning off
>>> ACPI is one of the common cures for booting a LiveCD on older systems.
>>>
>>> In any case, it is worth a shot and I think can be tried easily although
>>> I do not know how.  Maybe one of the gurus here can pop in and say how
>>> or tell us I am totally wrong.  :)
>>>
>>> On 11/20/06, *Michael Havens* <bmike101 at cox.net
>>> <mailto:bmike101 at cox.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hey.... look at that.... I ran an upgrade and that fixed most things.
>>>
>>>     It still takes a minute to load the hardware driversand I still get
>>>     the 'misaligned resource pointer' error. And the minute long wait
>>>     before that
>>>     appears.
>>>
>>>     On Sunday 19 November 2006 1:48 pm, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>     > Do ya all remember how I was compaining about my system being
>>>
>>>     slow? Well
>>>
>>>     > here is some of what is happening:
>>>     >
>>>     > I was watching the bootup and one of the first procedures was:
>>>     >       Loading hardware drivers
>>>     >(which took about 66 seconds)
>>>     >
>>>     > Then three lines appeared at the same time which may have some
>>>
>>>     bearing in
>>>
>>>     > this matter; they said:
>>>     >       SET: Misaligned resource pointer <hardware address> ....
>>>     >
>>>     > Here are a few examples of the slowness.
>>>     >       10 sec- kmail composer window (I didn't time an initial
>>>
>>>     kmail instance)
>>>
>>>     >       10 sec- susequent kmail instance
>>>     >       35 sec- first konsole of the day
>>>     >        6  sec- subsequently
>>>     >
>>>     > As previously stated, it was running normally until I installed
>>>
>>>     the new
>>>
>>>     > cards.
>>>     >
>>>     > Does anyone know what should be done to correct the problem? Yes,
>>>
>>>     I think
>>>
>>>     > reinstalling the system will fix it but I want to know how to do
>>>
>>>     it without
>>>
>>>     > starting over (again).
>>>     >
>>>     > Thanks guys (and gals).
>>>     > ---------------------------------------------------


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-Eric 'shubes'