thanks for the help, buddy. On Monday 20 November 2006 2:53 pm, Eric "Shubes" wrote: > 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). > >>> > --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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