ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed


Upon installing Linux you may find this error spamming yoursyslog, messages and kern.log:

ACPI Error Spamming in logs on Linux

This error seems to be harmless - it was mistaken as the cause of boot problems when I tried some incompatible distributions like Debian, but later found out the error happens anyway on working distributions.

Left alone, these errors will quickly take up disk space.

The error can vary in the two letters after the 'L' in the brackets - for me it was "L06". You can look in /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ for the possible variations (00, 02, 03 ... 1D, 1F etc.).

If you have an error for [\_GPE._L06], you will want to disable the message for 'gpe06'. If you get [\_GPE._L6F], it would be 'gpe6F'.

After finding out which to disable (replace the 'XX'), put this line in your /etc/rc.local file:

After a reboot, the errors should no longer appear in your logs.

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