Comment 45 for bug 66900

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"
>
>

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