acpi=off should be the default setting

[bmike1]

I feel that acpi needs to be off by default if mX14 is designed for older computers. Just an idea. I put mX14 on a second computer that required acpi=off in the boot sequence and it hung at the populating /dev (or something like that). If it hadn't of worked on another computer that didn't require acpi=off I would have figured that it just didn't work on that computer.

[richb]

Totally disagree. MX-14 is not only for older computers. ACPI handles power management and if off kills that functionality on mid age to newer computers. It would cause more issues than it solves for the few that have bios with improperly configured power management.

[BitJam]

Most older computers don't need acpi=off. But if someone can't boot on an older computer then acpi=off is one of the the first things I suggest. You can disable acpi via the "F4 Options" menu in the boot loader. It is called "no acpi".

I think we could do a better job of promoting acpi=off for older computers that don't boot but from what I've seen, based on help requests here (and on the antiX forums), the percentage of people who need it is very small. As richb said, disabling acpi turns off a lot of functionality that people have come to expect.

[bmike1]

As richb said, disabling acpi turns off a lot of functionality that people have come to expect.

Really? What is the computer on which I had to disable it missing out of?

[uncle mark]

I feel that acpi needs to be off by default if mX14 is designed for older computers.

It's not:

"MX-14 is a special version of antiX developed in full collaboration with the Mepis Community, using the best tools and talents from each distro. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint."

[Adrian]

As richb said, disabling acpi turns off a lot of functionality that people have come to expect.

Really? What is the computer on which I had to disable it missing out of?

Most likely power management, performance management, CPU voltage/frequency scaling. That might be not that important for desktops, but is very important for laptops, without ACPI you'd probably drain you battery double as fast if not faster.