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Start-Up error in Ubuntu Hardy

Asked by Riverrun

I'm seeing the following error at start-up:

[17.349375] ACPI:EC: acpi_ec wait timeout, status=0, expect_event=1

[17.349424] ACPI: EC: read timeout, command=28

I wonder is there a way of addressing this problem?

My only recourse is to power the machine off and start again.

It's happened 3 times in 24 hours.

How do I solve this problem?

Thanking you in anticipation.

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#1

My feeling is that it's something to do with the Grub Menu, but I'm just not knowledgeable enough to edit the Grub file. I feel it's something small and that it might just be a case of adding or subtracting or otherwise modifying the /boot/grub/.

I'm using a laptop and that's probably related to the problem, a Sony Vaio

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#2

I found the very bug but I don't know if it will help me much.

It's called Bug # 191137

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/191137

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#3

This is what it boils down to:

[Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet'
option is enabled

Now that's the problem, how do I work around this?

That's what I need to know.

I just don't have the knowledge to fix it myself. I'm still relatively new to Linux.

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#4

This is it here:

additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

It's in: /boot/grub/1st

Is it safe to delete it?

Should I uncomment it?

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#5

This one is solved there was a workable solution in the Launchpad bugs section. Mind you, it took 5 hours of careful reading.

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#6

This one is solved there was a workable solution in the Launchpad bugs section. Mind you, it took 5 hours of careful reading.

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#7

And no, I didn't have to adopt a crude solution like commenting out anything.