Thanks everyone for your help. My laptop is working fine now. Alexis
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 15:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Dell latitude C810 > > > Hello, > I am running a debian sid with a 2.4.16 kernel on a Dell > latitude C810 and I > have some problems because I think there are some new > devices and everything > is not supported. > > I can not have the pcmcia working. I have install the pcmcia-cs and > pcmcia-source packages and when I plug the pc-card, the > laptop freeze. > 02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card > Cardbus Controller > 02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card > Cardbus Controller > Is somebody has this PC card Cardbus Controller working ? Inside /etc/pcmcia/config.opts, edit out port 0x800-0x8ff. The include port line should look like: include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff use the packages pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-source Have a look on: http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/~park/dell.html > > I can not completely shutdown the laptop with the 'halt' > command. I put > CONFIG_APM=y > CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y > in my kernel. CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set > > I try to test ACPI but it crash the laptop when I plug or > unplug the AC > power. ACPI is not yet supported by dell. > > When I am using the battery and if I do not touch the laptop > during 10 > minutes, it crashes alone... I deactivated everything on the > bios power > management, and put the same options that for AC power. Disable APIC in the kernel configuration. CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y # CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set # CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set > > Do you think is it a good idea to use ext3 on a laptop that > crashes a lot ? It definitely is. > I need to use some kernel patches but it is very unstable. > > Is somebody use the same laptop and have any problems ? > > Thanks in advance > > Alexis > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
