on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 11:12:24AM -0700, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 11:05:47AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > I'm having problems with hard lockups on the system with distressing > > regularity -- up to several times a day, sometimes while in use, > > sometimes while sitting unattended or idle. I suspect either video or > > APM is leading to the problems (though I can't confirm either yet), and > > this may be related to recent Debian updates as the problem appears to > > be getting worse. It could be degrading hardware, but I don't have > > anything to pin it on yet. > .... > Not that I know the answer. > > Since your lockup is not just KB but system itself (telnet throgh > ethernet seems not to work). It is different from what I exoerienced > with my Toshiba notebook. For my toshiba, it was conflict between > pcmcia drivers and gpm initialization. By swapping init script, I could > get it work. (It was hard immediate KB freeze after booting.) > > My suggestion is change BIOS APM settings to some extremes and test it. > Also there are many options for apm in kernel. So create several types > to see what happens. Maybe try different init order especially pcmcia > and apm in your case. > > I would set BIOS not to go to sleep mode at all and leave everything to > Linux.... ;-)
Thanks, there's a thought. Most recent crash happened after transferring the power supply from one wall outlet to another. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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