Re: [Staffslug] ACPI question :-)

2008/5/7 stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com&gt;: > 2008/5/7 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt;: > > > I've got Xubuntu running on an oldish PC. I have to say I am really > > enjoying the experience. However, I have a question for the team... > > As the PC is booting I get a message flag up about the BIOS being past > > the cut date for 2000 (what cutoff?) and I 'apparently' need to do > > ACPI=force. Ok, I can do that...but where? Is this in a GRUB file > > somewhere? Is it likely to be just hashed out or will I need to type > > it in? If the latter is there a specific line that it needs to be > > entered on for it to take effect? > > > > Kev. > > boot>grub>menu.lst > > Add it to the first line. > > - it prolly already says acpi=on or off. just edit that as root and save. > > > Stuart Bostin' :-) Cheers Stuart I shall give that a go in a short while. Once it's done I'll report back any differences it makes. Hopefully it will enable the PC to shut down properly rather than get so far and just hang. --