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* >> > 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). >>> > --------------------------------------------------- -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- 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