thank you so much for your help guys. I wish I would have thought of googling it. Sometime I remember.... most times not. 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* > > 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 .... > > > > > > 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). > > > --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss