Jerry Geis wrote: >/ I have tried in the grub.conf file />/ />/ noapic />/ />/ and />/ />/ apic=off />/ />/ I am still getting the same error message about ACPI />/ in the dmesg output. />/ />/ example: />/ ACPI: PCI interupt .... IRQ 16 />/ eth0: RealTek RTL8139 ... IRQ16 />/ eth0: identified 8139 chip type />/ />/ so ACPI is grabbing IRQ 16 and not letting eth0 have it. (I Think). />/ />/ How do I correctly disable it on my compaq v2000 laptop. />/ I think it is not allowing my usb and realtek network to function. />/ />/ Jerry />/ / Isn't it acpi=off? Aren't apic and acpi different things? ------------------------------ That is fantastic... THanks. I did not realize two differnt things. MY laptop compaq v2000 is now working with USB and network both. THank you. Jerry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051219/fdf4c5ee/attachment-0004.html>