Sounds like a hardcore bios-bug, maybe you should try a newer/older bios! Or you could try the synaptics touchpad driver from mobilix.org, it ads some nice functions and you can skip gpm...but then it does not work in console.
http://mobilix.org/touchpad_driver.html søn, 2002-12-15 kl. 13:50 skrev mw: > Hello again ! > Today I re-entered the contest with the 'freezing console'. > I built some different kernels and wrote a simple 'emergency-shutdown' script > which performs a regular reboot after a predefined amount of time. > At least I can test conditions without filesystem-corruption now. > > This is what I found out so far: > 'apm: get_event: interface not connected' > is shown up first early at boot-time, before starting any services, no matter > if apm in BIOS is activated or not. Btw i8K says 'Unable to get SMM > Dell-signature / BIOS version'. > I suppose now it's rather not related to the freezing phaenomen. > > nikolaj erichsen: > > > 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 > A good hint. > Unfortunateley, on my I5000 it doesn't. I turned all APIC-Options out, > from within menuconfig: > CONFIG-X86_IO=n > CONFIG-X86_LOCAL=n > and one more try with > CONFIG-X86_GOOD=n > which I found only in the .config itself. > Btw i found Symmetric Multiprocessing turned on, but there's only a > Math-Coprozessor built in the PIII. So i turned it off, too. HTR... > > Stumbaum, Rainer: > > can you reproduce the error immediately when touching the touchpad??? > > I installed gpm and used gpmdata for mouse input in X to solve that issue. > > Good luck > > Rainer > That was a good hint, too. > Originally I disabled gpm by init. I made some tests: > > 1. Unchanged setting. > After booting into console ( without X and without gpm ): > > - Touching the pad didn't harm. > But starting kdm, and back on console, it immediateley produces the 'frost' ( > or better 'frust' :). > > - Starting gpm works, /dev/gpmdata and the 'runtime' gpmctl seem to be > alright. But after kill gpm, touching the pad freezes. > > Setting: > > XF86 configures mouse: gpm: > /dev/psaux > ( later: gpmdata) /dev/psaux > IMPS/2 autops > repeat-type ms3 > (later:append ="_Rms3") > > 2. With XF86 pointing to gpmdata I started gpm with -Rms3 ( see below ). > It works on console, but in X rather produces trash, so I think it's not the > right -R protocol. > Now, back to console, killing gpm and touching the pad still freezes as usual. > > > > I couldn't manage to find out more yet, and have to leave it for now. > True I don't understand what's going on, but the mouse-device seems to be a > good trace since it could explain why the 'frost' appears together with > starting X. > > I feel that the solution is quite near, but I just can't see it. > Perhaps someone else has sharper eyes ? > ;-) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: mw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:22 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Inspiron 5000 text-console freezing, somehow linked to X ? > > > > > > > > > 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'.... > > > To add from the XF86-Log: > > "Cannot shadow an accelerated framebuffer" > > and later "Option UseFBDev not used". > > It's a 8 MB ATI Rage, and in the XF86Config > > i turned FBDev on and DPMS off. > > No errors else. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
