freezing problems

[Charles Malespin]

Well I tried the adding all the acpi lines to the grub menu and
commented out all the graphis accel stuff, but no dice.  I got a freeze
shortly after making all the changes.  I guess I am back to square
one.  :(


On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 10:12 -0400, Matt Patterson wrote:
> I always use the edit option, scroll to the end, and add what I want. 
> Maybe the add works too. Either way its not really a big deal because I 
> think none of those changes are permanent.
> 
> Desktops still have acpi bioses, so yes, disabling is worth a try.
> 
> Turning off graphics acceleration will only effect your gaming/gl 
> screensaver experience. Unless your processor is really too slow (like 
> 500 MHz) it shouldnt effect video playback. Normal office software, web 
> browsing, etc will not be effected at all.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> Charles Malespin wrote:
> 
> >Thanks Matt, just a quick question....
> >
> >  
> >
> >> Either way, disable both 
> >>of them by passing them as kernel options during boot. The easiest way 
> >>to do that is to press ESC at the GRUB screen when it prompts for you to 
> >>do so (I think it is ESC). Then edit the default kernel boot line adding 
> >>noapic and nolapic to the end. 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Just to make sure that I understand and not mess anything more up...
> >When I went to the edit menu of GRUB, it gave me a list of things, one
> >of them was kernel.  It also gave me the options to either edit, or add
> >a new option(something like that...) but I want to pick 'edit' and use
> >that on the kernel line to add the noapic and nolapic lines right?
> >Sorry, I just dont wanna delete or edit anything I dont need to cause I
> >dont know what any of it means.  
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>These changes are not permanent, only for 
> >>the current boot. To change them permanently you have to add them to the 
> >>/boot/grub/menu.lst file options.
> >>
> >>Another option to add the the kernel options is acpi=off or noacpi (i 
> >>cant remember which, so just do both). This turns off  the acpi features 
> >>of the kernel. Acpi is used to enumerate the interrupts on the system, 
> >>but some bioses just suck and dont work, so turn off the features for 
> >>now. This might cause some things to disappear and stop working on 
> >>laptops, but its a good test. It will also prevent power saving features 
> >>from working.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I am running a desktop, does that make a difference?
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Turn off all the graphics acceleration features in your 
> >>/etc/X11/xorg.conf file. That means commenting out the dri, and glx 
> >>lines. 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >What will turning off the graphics acceleration features do in terms of
> >how the video card performs ie what will I not be able to do as a result
> >of turning this off?
> >
> >Thanks again and sorry for all the "easy" questions.... This is all new
> >to me so hopefully you guys will bear with me!
> >Charles
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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