> I kept hearing great things about the speed of Ubuntu 8.10s start-up > and decided to install it a few weeks ago. This release seems to be > plagued with issues, and in my opinion was not ready to be released as > "stable." I have worked out most of my problems, however... > > Upon start-up about 10 seconds after powering on the computer, I am > presented with a black screen with a flashing (under-score) in the top > left corner. The machine will do this indefinitely unless I hold down > 'ctrl' or 'alt'. After I hold down one of these keys, I am in 'X' in > about 30 seconds.
Hi all, Just thought I'd give an update on this in case anyone else runs into this. The issue was resolved by simply passing the "hpet=disable" kernal parameter at boot up. I have entered this into the GRUB.conf file and have not had an issue since(about 2 weeks now). -Eric ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
