Andreas Mohr writes: > [...] > > I've got an Inspiron 5000e which has all sorts of weird lockups. > Many times directly after a screen blanking it just locks up totally > (including ping !). > Or sometimes there are weird lockups with suspend/resume, yes. > > As this machine is (in)famous for its "wonderfully working" APM support > (boolean variable dell_crap in apm.c of newer, knowing kernels), > I strongly suspect that the BIOSes of Dell notebooks are [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in general.
Thanks for your response, Andreas. This may be part of the story, but not the whole story, at least for Inspiron 3500. I had APM working fine under Redhat 5.2 (I think kernel 2.0.36?) on this machine. I believe I am seeing an interaction between BIOS and kernel, that I can work around if I can configure the kernel properly. Will -- William F. Dowling ISI/Thomson Scientific (www.isinet.com) 215-386-0100 x-1156
