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On 10/24/2008 12:05 AM, ng szu wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I need a favor, I am new to LINUX World and I am now facing problem
> to install ubuntu 8.04 properly in my ACER ASPIRE M5641.  I am runnig
> this computer with Vista windows and everything is going fine.
> However, problem occurs when boot ubuntu 8.04 from live CD.
> 
> I have tried few times and facing different conditions, sometimes I
> managed to get to the ubuntu desktop, but all my USB ports were
> disable, I couldn't move my mouse and keyboard.  Sometimes it just
> failed to load and the error message was: usb2-2 couldn't read from
> address 6,error 110;  usb2-2 couldn't read from address 7,error 110
> and etc.
> 
> Anyone has faced this type of problem before? Any suggestions for me
> to solve this problem?  Really appreaciate if you could help!!!
> 

Here are a couple of things that you can try:

1. Check your bios settings for USB and see if they have an option for
legacy support or such. If so, try switching.

2. Boot with 'generic.all_generic_ide=1' option. To do this you'll need
to have the keyboard working at least at the liveCD boot menu. Press F6
and when you get the Boot Options line enter:
<Space>generic.all_generic_ide=1<Enter>

Other options that you can try 'noapic' & 'nolapic':

See: F1 - Help|F6|interrupt routing|noapic nolapic

So, for example, using the F6:
<Space>noapic nolapic generic.all_generic_ide=1<Enter>
all at one time (however I recommend trying them one at a time).

3. Move your keyboard and mouse to the usb connections in the back of
the machine (I believe your M5641 is a destop correct?) if they are
currently connected to the front usb ports. Also make sure they are not
connected on a single usb hub. The links that Mario provided demontrate
that there can be noise problems on USB devices on some systems -
particularly on ports furthest from the motherboard.