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why do i need to turn acpi off?
Post by 3rdsurfer » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:03 pm
in order to boot into mint and ubuntu (the only distros i have tried) i need to edit the boot command to turn acpi=off. why is this and is there something i should replace it with like apm?
it worked for a while with no real problems, but now my battery is not working, and i can’t figure out what is wrong unless i can run acpi. ideally i would like to get everything working back with the normal command, or at least figure out how to test my battery to see what is wrong
i have a hp pavilion dm4 1063cl with only linux installed so i can not do anything with windows
**i wonder if hp still supports xp? i may be able to install that? . hmm
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Re: why do i need to turn acpi off?
Post by xenopeek » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:27 am
Instead of acpi=off you may try different boot parameters to switch of less of the acpi features (acpi=off switches it fully off). As to why you need it, because you have hardware components of manufacturers that are boycotting Linux and a such they don’t provide drivers themselves for their hardware and are not letting volunteers develop drivers either. (Return them the favor next time you buy hardware by boycotting any Linux unfriendly manufacturers.)
There is a good post here of various other boot parameters you may try: http://www.toptip.ca/2010/12/linux-acpi-issue.html
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Отключить acpi в linux mint
When you have tried to boot any linux distribution, have you had the issue that you cannot get past: «Kernel_Thread_Helper (and some numbers. )?
BEFORE INSTALLATION (LIVE CD ONLY)
If so, then I have the fix for you. If you have not already installed Linux, when you get to the boot screen that gives you an option for Normal boot or Recovery Boot, choose the option to edit the boot options, (this is sometimes done by hitting «e» or «tab»buttons, just depends on your distro)
then on the line that says: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUD_DEFAULT=»quiet splash»
change it to say: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUD_DEFAULT=»quiet splash acpi=off»
EDIT: don’t use «acpi=off» it will disable your cooling system. not allowing your fan to cool your CPU.
this will get you through to be able to install, however this can hurt your system if you boot with this option everytime because it turns off the fan, and all of the thermal power controls.
Once installed, you need to open up a terminal, and type: «Sudo nano /etc/default/grub» (without the quotes)
then when you get the boot options, go to the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUD_DEFAULT=»quiet splash»
and make it look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUD_DEFAULT=»quiet splash acpi=enable pci=noacpi pci=assign-busse acpi=ht»
EDIT: try without «pci=noacpi» because it would contradict «acpi=enable» .
Then hit CONTROL + x, enter, enter
once you have exited the editing portion, you then need to update the GRUB file,
type «sudo update-grub» and this should update everything. you should be able to boot without any issues now. 🙂
How do I disable ACPI when booting?
When I tried to install Ubuntu from the live CD start menu, the screen became black with just a blinking cursor. I rebooted the PC and I chose the option acpi=off . Then the installer started and Ubuntu installed whitout problems. But when I reboot the PC now after the installation was complete the screen goes black again. I am new in the use of Ubuntu.
2 Answers 2
Please add acpi=off to the kernel command line — it’s just slightly different than doing it with the LiveCD:
- Press the Shift when booting up, to get the Grub menu. Use the arrow keys to navigate/highlight the entry you want (usually the first one).
- Press e to edit that entry, which will show you the details:
- Find the linux entry as shown above, use the arrow keys to get to it, and then press the End key to get to that line’s end (which may be on the next line!). Enter acpi=off as shown, and press Ctrl + X to boot.
- You can make this workaround permanent by:
- sudo nano /etc/default/grub
- Change line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=»quiet splash» to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=»quiet splash acpi=off»
- Ctrl — X , press Y and then Enter to save and exit.
- sudo update-grub
- Reboot and you should no longer have the black screen problem.
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[SOLVED] Booting with acpi=off
Post by rtX » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:31 am
I can boot Ubuntu 12.04 from the LiveCD with the boot parameter acpi=off. I want to boot and subsequently install LinuxMint 13 (64 bit), however (not Ubuntu), using a downloaded LM LiveDVD. I have used this same LM DVD to make two other installs successfully on two other computers (an old laptop and an old desktop), giving them a whole new lease of life replacing Windows Vista and XP respectively. I am keen, to develop my knowledge of Linux on one distribution rather than diluting the effort over two (hence wanting to stay with LM). The hardware is an Acer Aspire M1640, but I have changed the HDD (to a 2Tb WD, suitably partitioned for dual LM/Vista boot), added a SATA 3 PCIe card (generic), have 4Gb of RAM and have changed the graphics card (to an NVidia 9500GT), so it is not ‘virgin’ M1640.
When I boot from the LM Live DVD without specifying boot options, the boot seems to stall with a blank screen and just a flashing cursor in the top left hand corner (no other text). So, I re-boot and I hit a keyboard key when it says it will auto boot and select boot with other options. I type acpi=off after the double hyphen on the line that is offered to me. The boot now seems to stall differently — the screen is white with a cursor in the top left corner.
Ubuntu 12.04 LiveCD will not boot without the acpi=off parameter, but it does boot with it. My understanding is that LM is based upon Ubuntu and so I would (sort of) expect/hope it would boot with the same parameter selection. However, I have previously had more success booting and installing LM than I had with Ubuntu on the other machines, so I know this may be optimistic/naive. The way Ubuntu allows you to select boot parameters is more fool-proof than the LM way (imho), and it may be that I am being foolish in the way I am entering the acpi=off parameter, or it may be that I should try something else with LM. Does anyone have any advice on this?
Just for completeness of information — it is the Maya edition of LM 13 (64-bit) I am using.
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