slow system

[Michael Havens]

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* <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).
> >>>     > ---------------------------------------------------