On 26 Feb 2002, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I just got done installing Sid on my Inspiron 8000 using one of the 100 > or so documents I found using a google search. However, after reading > through all of them, I can't find any hints to this problem. I compiled > kernel 2.4.17 from source, making sure to include the power management > options, and installed apmd. However, any time an APM signal is sent, > the computer locks, requiring a hard restart. This is REALLY annoying as > when I put it on AC power after starting up on battery (or vice versa) > it locks, so I'm limited to having to reboot much too often. I know my > way around Debian rather well, but as this is my first time installing > it on a laptop I'm sure that there are probably things that I'm not > aware of that I should be doing. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Disabling APIC by unsetting the kernel config variable CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC fixed that for me on my 8100. Note that this is APIC, not ACPI. ________________________________________________________________________ Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], phone: 319-335-5555, fax: 319-335-5505
