On 8/4/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dotan Cohen writes: > > > On 04/08/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 04/08/07, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > >> > > >> > >> The first step is to press Enter at the GRUB prompt, then edit the kernel > >> > >> boot command to remove the "quiet" parameter. > >> > > >> > > Simple Boot Flag at 0x79 set to 0x1 > >> > > apm: BIOS not found. > >> > > audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) > >> > > >> > Gah sounds bad. At the GRUB boot prompt, hit 'A'... what are the kernel > >> > parameters you already had set there? > >> > > >> > If it says something like acpi=off try deleting it. > >> > > >> > >> grub append> ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > >> > > > > Googling the problem led me to retry "acpi=off" after "quiet" on the > > grub options line. I was adding it to the last line, and it wasn't > > helping. > > > > With ACPI disabled, how could I suspend this laptop? > > Well, if you can't even boot, suspend is the last of your problems. First thing to do is delete "rhgb quiet" from the grub boot line. I recommend that you leave those two parameters off until you get a stable system or just leave them off all together.