Getting "acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy" message at boot.

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Issue

Getting "acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy" message at boot.

Starting acpi daemon: acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy 
[FAILED] 

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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