Hi James, Sorry for the delay in reply. I have followed your advice and made a permanent change to my grub. The APIC error message has now disappeared. Thank you. Maurice
James Tait wrote: > Certainly. When you first boot, before the Ubuntu splash/progress > screen, GRUB should present you with a list of options. The first > should be something along the lines of "Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic > Default" (I believe it will be 2.6.17 for Edgy). > > Press 'e' to edit the boot configuration. You should see a list of > options like the kernel, root device, initrd image. Use the cursor keys > to select the kernel line. > > Press 'e' to edit the boot options. You should be presented with the > current boot options, something along the lines of "/boot/vmlinuz > root=UUID=e9c019e5-d78a-4cc0-8c4a-129eadbe0e3b ro quiet splash" although > the line is so long it will probably have been wrapped so you will only > see the latter part of it. Simply add " irqpoll" (note the leading > space) to this line, then hit enter. > > You should be taken back to the boot configuration screen. Press 'b' to > boot. > > You can make the option permanent, if you so wish, by editing > /boot/grub/menu.lst and adding it to the line "# kopt=root=UUID=e9c019e5 > -d78a-4cc0-8c4a-129eadbe0e3b ro" in the "Default kernel options" > section, then running "sudo update-grub" > > -- I use Ubuntu 6.10... ubuntu - linux for human beings <http://www.ubuntu.com> -- APIC error on CPU0: 40(40) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
