Recently, I tried installing Ubuntu on my friend’s computer. I used Maverick’s Live CD but the boot process stuck at kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10. I noticed a huge list of acpi errors above this message and figured it was somehow related to ACPI. To solve the problem I simply turned of ACPI. Solving the problem in Live CD: Insert… Continue reading [SOLVED] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 during Ubuntu boot process