Sluggish bootup.

[Frans]

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:17:59 -0400, Steven Vollom wrote:

> (Trimmed)
>> I had this kind of problem sometime ago, but i don't remember if this
>> was on a real machine or on a VM, and i don't really remember how i got
>> it fixed (if I got).
>> Anyways... your problem seens related to acpi. Yesterday there was a
>> upgrade for it, try upgrading it to see if this solves your issues.
>>
>> Another option you can try is passsing noacpi as a parameter to your
>> kernel. To known how to get this take a look here:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto#Setting%20kernel%
20parameters
>>
>> any doubts ask around :)
>>
>> Cheers
> My box is current, however, my problems have increased.  It is strange
> because I went through Jaunty alpha and beta without the problems I am
> currently experiencing.  My MB has an nVidia 780a chip, I also have an
> nVidia Gforce 9600 as well as 8gb of ram.  The combination of components
> is why I was required to run Jaunty in the first place.  Additionally, I
> had to add to the boot an additional comment pci=nomsi, to get things to
> work properly where I did not have to add the comment at each boot.  I
> don't know what happened when the Rc was released.  I formatted the boot
> partition and installed the Rc fresh, and I have been having continual
> problems ever since.  

So you _reinstalled_ Ubuntu 9.04 and the problems began... 

> I am going to have to take a rest from this for a
> bit and use the old box for a while.  I need to get a fresh start on the
> problem; it is starting to cause too much pressure.  Both Kontact and
> Kedit are crashing several times a day now too, to add to the already
> bug filled experience.  None of these things happened in Alpha or Beta. 
> It is hard to understand what changed so much with the Rc. Thanks for
> the help.  I am going to leave the list until I can get a quiet spirit
> again.  (That is after I answer a couple hundred emails.)
> 
> Steven

OK, try this (tested on Ubuntu 8.04):

1. Boot your computer and wait till the list of kernels comes up.
2. press 'e'
3. With the up and down arrow keys select the line beginning with 'kernel'
4. press 'e'
5. press the spacebar and then type your boot parameter: pci=nomsi
6. press 'Esc'
6. press 'b'

This is also explained on screen.

Let the list know how it goes :-)

    -Frans