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f****** ACPI! Can't boot linux for a stupid thing!


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i tried to activate acpi for going in standby when i close the monitor....

NOW IT RECOGNISES EVERYTIME THE SCREEN CLOSED, SO CAN'T BOOT UP!!

I GOTTA DISACTIVATE IT BUT I CAN'T....

I NEED SOMETHING JUST LIKE FAILSAFE BOOT, BUT I DISACTIVATED IT IN LILO!!!

I can only arrive to console with mandrake rescue disk....what can i write??

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hey...

 

trying to remember this, but..

 

use your install dvd and choose repair (i think) this gets you to a repair gui screen. There is an option that gets you into the command line. Once this is done - look through the file system (go through /mnt directory - and you should see your hda or hdb - whatever you installed linux to.

 

from there you can

 

vi /etc/lilo.conf

 

and make you changes - for example:

 

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux"

root=/dev/hdb1

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="noapic resume=/dev/hdb5 splash=silent"

vga=788

read-only

 

make changes, save, go back to repair-gui and reboot -

 

i think... - (not been using linux too long - but this kinda makes sense.)

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hmm - i'm kinda getting outta my depth - but for no kde perhaps you can edit /etc/inittab and set the default run level to 3 - at least you'll have a full system - but no gui

 

 

this was solved by moving the

kcmlaptoprc from root/.kde/share/config to /home/user/.kde/share/config

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i tried to activate acpi for going in standby when i close the monitor....

NOW IT RECOGNISES EVERYTIME THE SCREEN CLOSED, SO CAN'T BOOT UP!!

I GOTTA DISACTIVATE IT BUT I CAN'T....

I NEED SOMETHING JUST LIKE FAILSAFE BOOT, BUT I DISACTIVATED IT IN LILO!!!

I can only arrive to console with mandrake rescue disk....what can i write??

when the laptop starts booting, go to BIOS and disable any actions on the event "Lid closed". Save and reboot.

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