> Es Diumenge 01 Juny 2003 13:58, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: >> >> i tried with "noapic and acpi=off" but it failed too. >> > >> >What about removing any acpi reference and adding "noapic" ? >> >> i tried without any acpi reference and it doesn't work too.Whatever i >> do when acpi is different that "acpi=off" my laptop freeze at boot. > I'm supposing you're trying to make acpi work because your laptop > doesn't support apm, does it? > > If it does support apm use apm instead.
Joan, maybe you aren't aware, but a lot of Compaq laptops require acpi for correct functioning, and many of them have problems with current acpi in the linux kernel. So, people looking to enable acpi on Compaq's should rather search for compaq-specific sites, preferably one matching the same model number, rather than asking on cooker ... Buchan
