slow system

[Michael Havens]

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).
> >     > ---------------------------------------------------