Hi, > I've read various posts describing APM problems with Dell laptops. My > APM works fine on kernel 2.4.18 with APM and i8k complied in (info gets > read, suspend & resume apparently works) yet any of the Fn+XX > combinations (e.g. Fn+D, Fn+volume-up, even Fn+arrow keys!) freezes my > Inspiron 4100 real hard, and so does pulling/plugging the power cord. > Other symptoms include: fans blowing at full speed after suspending for > more than two hours, random lockups when not using the machine but > leaving it on for long. > > This leads me to think I have a BIOS problem. > > Can anyone recommend a i4100 BIOS which works well? Or otherwise point > to a solution to these weird problems?
I had the same problem with the vanilla debian 2.4.18 kernel. I found the solution here : http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hick0088/laptop/i4100.html in the Kernel Part. Basiquely you have to not configure (not even in modules) the kernel for APIC. It worked very fine for me. I am currently using BIOS A07, but I had A08 before and I guess it should work also... Guillaume -- Guillaume du Manoir - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://guillaume.du-manoir.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
