slow system

[Dazed_75]

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> 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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