I can confirm this! On my Asus M2400N Laptop (1.5 GHz Centrino, 512 MB RAM) the kernel only boots if I put acpi=off as a parameter on boot. If acpi=off is not set the grey box with "loading the Linux kernel" appears for a couple of seconds, then disappears and the machine reboots.
Having set acpi=off the Desktop-CD boots just fine and everything seems to work (except extra keys (but I haven't played around with that yet). I am actually typing this being online with the Desktop CD. If any further information is needed just let me know. --> I also posted this on Bug #83290 and attached dmesg output if that helps anyhow. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/83290 -- feisty kernel 2.6.20-6-generic does not contain DSDT patch as dapper and edgy did https://launchpad.net/bugs/83544 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
