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i have an Inspiron 5150 and had 2.4.24 running some time ago. ACPI did not work properly, even with the acpi-patch applied. For usb-mouse-support, i used discover and it worked all fine (assuming that you have enabled usb-support and loaded all necessary modules). Meanwhile, i upgraded my bios to the latest Dell-version, and i fear that something went wrong with the dsdt in that version as the new kernel (2.6.1) doesn't read the performance-states correctly. After all, i got acpi (or cpufreq) working with 2.6.1 and cpufreqd. When not using multimedia-stuff extensively, i got a battery-runtime of approximately 4 hours which is longer than under windows. For further questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Hope that helps, Dirk PS: In case you do not upgrade and get 2.6.1 working, it would be nice to inform me if the performance-states are read correctly. slaven peles wrote: | Hi, | | Did anybody manage to compile a working 2.4.24 kernel for Inspiron 5150? As of | version 2.4.23 I was not able to compile kernel and have acpi and usb to work | properly. USB mouse doesn't work at all, and processor fan works at highest | speed all the time. I tried with my own kernels and debian precompiled ones, | but the same problem persists. Kernel 2.4.22 works perfectly. | | Another thing -- my BIOS is A01, and Dell suggests upgrading to A29 or | something version. I've read some reports that BIOS upgrade affects linux | performance badly. Does anybody have experience with this for Inspiron 5150? | | Many thanks, | Slaven | | - -- "Everyone's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: Stop participating in it." ~ Noam Chomsky +--------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Dirk Reiss | phone: ++49 (0) 531 7996276 | | Helmstedter Str. 134 | mobile: ++49 (0) 162 8925618 | | D - 38102 Braunschweig | | | Germany | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +--------------------------+---------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAFSGTEJAsP020pFcRAiAIAJ99IFvcJfXxlH0ofg+fm58+IpErAQCfbSde 92ybxak824G95oc8dHfG7GY= =3u1T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
