My MacBookPro 5,1 with Intrepid boots and runs fine without acpi=off so at least for me this is not needed.
-- Booting linux crashes on 2009 White Macbook (hardware version ID "MacBook5,2") unless you use acpi=off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341230 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs