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? -- Tim Edwards