[Sussex] ACPI problem, Debian Wheezy

[Jan Henkins]

Hello Gavin,

Have you tried to disable ACPI yet?

Here is a thread with some tips on how to do it:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/08/msg01606.html

Before you make any lasting changes, you can try it by temporarily 
adding the "acpi=off" in GRUB. If that works, you can go and add it to 
your GRUB defaults.

During bootup, press <Ctrl>+<E> in your boot screen. Move the highlight 
to the "kernel" entry, and add "acpi-off" at the end. Once you have done 
that, hit <Ctrl>+<B> to boot the kernel with those options.

Let's see if it works! :-)

Regards,
Jan Henkins

On 2012-08-06 17:16, Gavin Stevens wrote:
> After a routine update my main PC will no longer boot successfully.
> Everything appears normal in the beginning, but then appears the
> following message: "22.290745 ACPI: INVALID _PCT DATA". The numbers 
> at
> the beginning vary every time but the rest of the message is the 
> same.
> The machine then sits there until I do CTRL+ALT+DEL whereupon the
> machine restarts & does the same thing, or I press the on switch of
> the tower & the system shuts down.
>
> I tried a Puppy CD this morning & it booted successfully but I am
> very keen, nay, desperate to learn the possible causes for this error
> message. Searches on the web have not been helpful.
>
> The system is a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, 1GB RAM dual channel 80GB + 40 GB
> HDD capacity. Intel D875PBZ board. This machine has been running
> Debian all its life since June 2004 when I built it.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Gavin.