[Sussex] ACPI problem, Debian Wheezy

[Paul Willis]

Hi Gav
Jans nux experience is way beyond mine.
Have you tried switching plugnpray OS in the bios, and/or looking for
a new bios update which may help the original prob? (Even reflashing
with the old bios /may/ help).  I've had a new install tell me one of
my interrupts is incorrect & I should tell the board manufacturer -
fraid I can't remember which.. and I ploughed on regardless.
Paul

On 7 August 2012 00:56, Gavin Stevens <gavin.stevens at gavmusic.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> Sorry, I should have mentioned that I'd already tried "acpi=off". I
> tried it again just now & it made a few differences: It produced a
> "pnpbios" message suggesting that I turn off pnpbios (already disabled
> in BIOS); it still appears to try to start ACPI & returns a message
> saying that there was an "error talking to the kernel via RNETLINK1" &
> it then goes to a blank screen (before typing "acpi=off" it had the
> "INVALID _PCT DATA" message).
>
> If the machine tries to boot normally (without "acpi=off") it produces
> a message "waiting for /dev to be fully populated ACPI: INVALID _PCT
> DATA" but it carries on booting past that before coming to a halt as
> mentioned.
>
> I tried booting in recovery mode (with "acpi=off" for good measure) & I
> got the command line & was able to log in as root, which is a start.
>
> I hope this may assist you in identifying the problem.
>
> Many thanks,
> Gavin.
>
> On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:25:36 +0100
> Jan Henkins <jan at henkins.za.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
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