Is ACPID essential?

[Chris Jones]

Hi,

> The problem I am encountering is that on boot-up it freezes on 'checking
> battery state' but luckily, unlike others, I can simply switch to
> another TTY and startx.
> 
> So it is not really hassling me that much, and I thought the simple
> thing to do was to switch it off :)

Just because it is failing on one thing, your battery, doesn't mean it 
isn't performing useful tasks in other places (like keeping your fans 
turning....). Also, perhaps acpi is fine and your battery has a problem ;)

So I wouldn't turn it off, but suggest trying to debug the problem. You 
still haven't really given any firm details (hardware details, the full 
error messages, any output from /var/log/*.log relating to acpi etc.)

cheers Chris