ACPI messages

whosrodney · n00b Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 27

Hi everyone,
I've installed Gentoo and gotten everything configured, but there a few start-up messages that are bothering me. First, when I start-up or run dmesg, I get these messages concerning ACPI:

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:32 am Post subject:

It looks like your nforce motherboard doesn't like ACPI too much. Try passing the kernel "acpi=off" at boot time.

Pete_Keller · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:34 am Post subject:

whosrodney,

Have you tried what your typeout suggested as the bottom line?

pci=noacpi or acpi=off
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whosrodney · n00b Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 27

So, then, there is no way to use ACPI?

Also, how would I pass such parameters to the kernel at boot time?

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:41 am Post subject:

Moled · l33t Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 635

you need acpi to turn your computer off

so yes I think it has a useful function

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 3:00 am Post subject:

whosrodney · n00b Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 27

I use Lilo. So, can you tell me what I do need to do to turn ACPI off and APM on?

Thanks for the help.

whosrodney · n00b Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 27

Anybody?

jat850 · n00b Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Canada

whosrodney,

As indicated a few posts above, type in your kernel name, and then any arguments after that. For example, if your kernel name is "bzImage", type

"bzImage pci=noacpi apci=off" at the LILO "boot:" prompt. To make the changes permanent, edit your lilo.conf file when you get the system booted properly.