Hi I have an i8100 and had the same kind of problem, the solution was to turn all apic (not acpi) off in the kernel (CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC).
Hope it helps -->negon man, 2002-12-09 kl. 16:51 skrev mw: > Hello. > Ive managed one more step towards a running Woody on my Dell Inspiron > 5000....X is working, and I installed many packages last night :) > > I need to configure now from the text-console, > but something wickened happens: > After about two minutes from console-login suddenly there's no more input > from keyboard possible ! > Even not the fnar 2--keys or ctrl-alt-Functions including Ctrl-alt--del. > I had to turn off power several times and let e2fschk clean up the mess.... > > This didn't occur when I suspended kdm and logged in only a text-console. > It seems not to happen 2 - 3 minutes after entering X , and it's sufficient > only to reach the kdm-login. ( Package xfree86-common, Version 4.1. 0-16 ) > Just now I'm writing this letter ( on another box ) I reached a 'frozen' > text-console on the lap without any tty-login. > So i suppose the 'freezing' happens after entering the kdm-login, and I only > recognize it by changing to text-console with ctrl-alt-F1. > > The problem may be related to error-messages occuring immediateley after > login. From different sources, they are: > > apm:get_event: interface not connected > apm:set display: interface not found > kernel:apm:set display: interface not connected > kernel:apm:set suspend: interface not connected > > > I ran the lap from 'line', without a battery plugged in. > Freezing does not depend on APM dis/enabled in BIOS. > I did enable APM in the kernel ( 2.4.18 custom ). > I installed powermgmt-base, apmd 3.0.2 ( apm-bios 1.2 ), libapm1, and sleepd. > But later I suspendet them all. Further on I experimented with the standard > kernel-2.2.20 idepci in runlevel 1 ( single ). After starting kdm, the same > failure, still no change. > I didn't suspend noflushd yet. On several occasions I noticed a short > HD-Action the second before the goodbye. I'm not sure if always, however. > > > I feel rather helpless now. Does anybody could give me a hint ? > > > ----------- Settings ( / = some stuff i changed for testing ) -------------- > Dell Inspiron P III 600 mhz / 128 MB / 12 GB > Kernel 2.4.18 ( custom ) / Kernel 2.2.20-idepci ( standard ) > > APM compiled in Kernel, but no ACPI > BIOS A07: no matter if apm disabled / activated > > Video: > XFree 4.1.0 > Console is VGA+ 80x25 > VCI v.100 > agpgart seems to work properly > > No PnP-Plugins / PCMCIA-Cards plugged in yet. > > I installed makedev, and found a char-device /dev/apm_bios, and while I > 'touched' it with mc, this conole gets frozen, but i was able to move to > another. Few seconds later the whole system freezes 'regularly'.... > > > TIA - > > -- > michl > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
