Need help to fix "ACPI cannot determine initial brightness"

[boogates]

Hi all! Trying to boot the latest version, the follo :-\wing message comes up: "[Firmware] ACPI cannot determine initial brightness", however if on the intial grub boot menu F3 (on the kernel option) is pressed and "No Acpi" chosen, the computer boots and I am able to make a fresh install, although every boot the procedure is necessary, otherwise it won't boot. In Linux Mint is enough to add the following line to /etc/default/grub just after "GRUB_OMDLINE_Linux_Default="quiet splash acpi=enable pci=noacpi pci=assign-busse acpi=ht" to make it boot and shut down in a normal way. I would very much appreciate if anyone could help me to sort it out in PCLINUXOS. Thanks a lot for any help.

The specs of my computer are:
Devices
Processor
Processors
AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics   1397.05MHz
AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics   1397.05MHz
Memory
Memory
Total Memory   2586952 kB
Free Memory   283444 kB
Buffers   87360 kB
Cached   1614220 kB
Cached Swap   4 kB
Active   732168 kB
Inactive   1478556 kB
Active(anon)   326460 kB
Inactive(anon)   198672 kB
Active(file)   405708 kB
Inactive(file)   1279884 kB
Unevictable   0 kB
Mlocked   0 kB
High Memory   1848096 kB
Free High Memory   54540 kB
Low Memory   738856 kB
Free Low Memory   228904 kB
Virtual Memory   4803396 kB
Free Virtual Memory   4803372 kB
Dirty   17288 kB
Writeback   0 kB
AnonPages   509172 kB
Mapped   168172 kB
Shmem   15988 kB
Slab   68176 kB
SReclaimable   56104 kB
SUnreclaim   12072 kB
KernelStack   2584 kB
PageTables   6036 kB
NFS_Unstable   0 kB
Bounce   0 kB
WritebackTmp   0 kB
CommitLimit   6096872 kB
Committed_AS   1786344 kB
VmallocTotal   262144 kB
VmallocUsed   7616 kB
VmallocChunk   237212 kB
AnonHugePages   94208 kB
HugePages_Total   0
HugePages_Free   0
HugePages_Rsvd   0
HugePages_Surp   0
Hugepagesize   4096 kB
DirectMap4k   12280 kB
DirectMap4M   753664 kB
PCI Devices
PCI Devices
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex
VGA compatible controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9809
Audio device   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6250/6310]
PCI bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Port
SATA controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
USB controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
USB controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
USB controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
USB controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
SMBus   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller
Audio device   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia
ISA bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
PCI bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
USB controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
PCI bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge
PCI bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB900 PCI to PCI bridge
USB controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
USB controller   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
Host bridge   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
Ethernet controller   Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
USB Devices
USB Devices
OHCI Host Controller
OHCI Host Controller
EHCI Host Controller
EHCI Host Controller
EHCI Host Controller
USB WLAN   
OHCI Host Controller
OHCI Host Controller
Printers
Printers (CUPS)
Cups-PDF   
Epson-Stylus-SX130   Default
Battery
No batteries
No batteries found on this system   
Sensors
Cooling Fans
Temperatures
temp1   71.50°C
Voltage Values
Input Devices
Input Devices
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard   
ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse   
HD-Audio Generic HDMI/DP,pcm   3=
HDA ATI SB Headphone   
Storage
SCSI Disks
ATA ST31000524AS   
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH70N   
DMI
BIOS
Date   05/21/2012
Vendor   American Megatrends Inc. (www.ami.com)
Version   P01-A0
Board
Name   imedia S2100
Vendor   Packard Bell
Resources
I/O Ports
0000-001f    dma1
0020-0021    pic1
0040-0043    timer0
0050-0053    timer1
0060-0060    keyboard
0064-0064    keyboard
0070-0071    rtc_cmos
0070-0071    rtc0
0080-008f    dma page reg
00a0-00a1    pic2
00c0-00df    dma2
00f0-00ff    fpu
03c0-03df    vesafb
0b00-0b07    piix4_smbus
0cf8-0cff    PCI conf1
1000-1fff    PCI Bus 0000:01
d000-dfff    PCI Bus 0000:06
d000-d0ff    Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
d000-d0ff    RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver
e000-efff    PCI Bus 0000:03
f000-f0ff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9809
f100-f10f    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
f100-f10f    AHCI SATA low-level driver
f110-f113    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
f110-f113    AHCI SATA low-level driver
f120-f127    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
f120-f127    AHCI SATA low-level driver
f130-f133    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
f130-f133    AHCI SATA low-level driver
f140-f147    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
f140-f147    AHCI SATA low-level driver
Memory
00000000-0000ffff    reserved
00010000-0009e7ff    System RAM
0009e800-0009ffff    reserved
000a0000-000bffff    Video RAM area
000c0000-000ce3ff    Video ROM
000e0000-000fffff    reserved
000f0000-000fffff    System ROM
00100000-9f4cbfff    System RAM
00100000-0043e32c    Kernel code
0043e32d-00588e3f    Kernel data
00605000-00688fff    Kernel bss
9f4cc000-9f4d0fff    reserved
9f4d1000-9f519fff    ACPI Non-volatile Storage
9f51a000-9f5a7fff    reserved
9f5a8000-9f5a8fff    System RAM
9f5a9000-9f5b0fff    ACPI Tables
9f5b1000-9f5b1fff    ACPI Non-volatile Storage
9f5b2000-9f5d7fff    reserved
9f5d8000-9f5d8fff    ACPI Non-volatile Storage
9f5d9000-9f5ebfff    reserved
9f5ec000-9f5eefff    System RAM
9f5ef000-9f8f9fff    ACPI Non-volatile Storage
9f8fa000-9f94ffff    reserved
9f950000-9f953fff    ACPI Non-volatile Storage
9f954000-9fd3dfff    System RAM
9fd3e000-9fef3fff    reserved
9fef4000-9fefffff    System RAM
9ff00000-9fffffff    RAM buffer
a0000000-a01fffff    PCI Bus 0000:01
a0200000-a03fffff    PCI Bus 0000:01
b0000000-bfffffff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9809
b0000000-b0ffffff    vesafb
c0000000-cfffffff    PCI Bus 0000:03
d0000000-d00fffff    PCI Bus 0000:06
d0000000-d0003fff    Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
d0000000-d0003fff    RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver
d0004000-d0004fff    Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
d0004000-d0004fff    RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver
fe100000-feafffff    PCI Bus 0000:03
feb00000-feb3ffff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9809
feb40000-feb43fff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia
feb40000-feb43fff    ICH HD audio
feb44000-feb47fff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6250/6310]
feb44000-feb47fff    ICH HD audio
feb48000-feb480ff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
feb48000-feb480ff    USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
feb49000-feb49fff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
feb49000-feb49fff    USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
feb4a000-feb4afff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
feb4a000-feb4afff    USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
feb4b000-feb4b0ff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
feb4b000-feb4b0ff    USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
feb4c000-feb4cfff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
feb4c000-feb4cfff    USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
feb4d000-feb4d0ff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
feb4d000-feb4d0ff    USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
feb4e000-feb4efff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
feb4e000-feb4efff    USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
feb4f000-feb4f3ff    Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
feb4f000-feb4f3ff    AHCI SATA low-level driver
fec00000-fec00fff    reserved
fec00000-fec003ff    IOAPIC 0
fec10000-fec10fff    reserved
fed00000-fed00fff    reserved
fed61000-fed70fff    reserved
fed80000-fed8ffff    reserved
fee00000-fee00fff    Local APIC
fef00000-ffffffff    reserved
DMA
4   cascade

[Just17]

/boot/grub/menu.lst  is the configuration file for the boot options.

Add  noacpi  (or if that fails acpi=no)  to the boot options ---  you need to be root to do so.

That should ensure it is used on each boot.

[boogates]

Thanks a lot. I will try, however if it will switch off the coolers in the PC?

Thanks

[Just17]

Thanks a lot. I will try, however if it will switch off the coolers in the PC?

Thanks

It will be the very same as you entering the option at the boot page.

[boogates]

Unfortunately it did not work, and "Error 11: unrecognized device string" appears and it won' t go any further. Any ideas how to sort it out?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Just17]

Edit the boot line by deleting the option and then booting without it .....

at the grub boot page press Esc, then OK to give a non-graphical list of boot options

highlight the line you would normally boot

Press 'E' to edit it

Highlight the line on which the 'noacpi' was added previously

delete the 'noacpi' entry, hit 'Enter'

Press 'B' to boot

[boogates]

I will try, and let you know how it goes.

[boogates]

Thanks, It did work, however it won't sort out the permanent booting issue, as it does with extra line in Linux mint.
The hardware temperature in KDE  appears to be around 65 -70 C which is still very high.
Any ideas?

[Just17]

Unfortunately it did not work, and "Error 11: unrecognized device string" appears and it won' t go any further. Any ideas how to sort it out?

Any help would be appreciated.

Which boot option did you add?
Did you try others?

Where on the boot line in menu.lst did you put the option?

Next time you try an extra boot option please copy & paste the relevant boot lines from menu.lst so we too can see what is done.

[boogates]

Here is the working one  in Linux Mint /etc/default/grub
The extra options ("quiet splash acpi=enable pci=noacpi pci=assign-busse acpi=ht")  have been added after: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=
===========================================
quiet splash acpi=enable pci=noacpi pci=assign-busse acpi=ht

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=enable pci=noacpi pci=assign-busse acpi=ht"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
===============================================

In Pclinuxos, /boot/grub/menu.lst

I have tried noacpi, acpi=no, and the same line as in Mint after "quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M", and just after " quiet" with the other options ("quiet splash acpi=enable pci=noacpi pci=assign-busse acpi=ht"), however none of them have worked, and prevents the computer to boot.

timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=ffca6b06-
5e1c-4508-aefd-c2c81c65f92c quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M noacpi
 resume=UUID=ebbcaac9-92c9-4846-bddc-a5aee8284355 vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=ffc
a6b06-5e1c-4508-aefd-c2c81c65f92c quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M a
cpi=on resume=UUID=ebbcaac9-92c9-4846-bddc-a5aee8284355
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=ffca6b
06-5e1c-4508-aefd-c2c81c65f92c quiet nokmsboot failsafe vmalloc=
256M acpi=on
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title memtest-4.20
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest-4.20 BOOT_IMAGE=memtest-4.20

[Just17]

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title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=ffca6b06-5e1c-4508-aefd-c2c81c65f92c quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M  resume=UUID=ebbcaac9-92c9-4846-bddc-a5aee8284355 vga=788 acpi=ht pci=noacpi
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img
I would first try the above edited boot stanza in PCLOS.
You should consider creating a new boot stanza for test purposes, leaving the rest untouched, and giving it a title such as TEST Boot

You can then use various combinations of those that work for Mint in that test stanza .....  I have put in two above .....  the others from Mint are  acpi=enable  pci=assign-busse.

I have not had to add boot options to mine for a long time so am not very familiar with them, sorry.