Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:22:59PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > ACPI hmm.. Let's see output of 'dmesg | grep ACPI'
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep ACPI > BIOS-e820: 000000000dfec000 - 000000000dfef000 (ACPI data) > BIOS-e820: 000000000dfff000 - 000000000e000000 (ACPI NVS) [snip] For comparison reasons only -- here's mine; --------------- ~$ dmesg | grep ACPI BIOS-e820: 000000000bffdc00 - 000000000bfffc00 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 000000000bfffc00 - 000000000c000000 (ACPI NVS) ACPI disabled because your bios is from 2000 and too old ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326 ACPI: Interpreter disabled. ----------------- Whoops!! I forgot to add one VERY IMPORTANT point when running *update-grub* Remember to Copy down ANY/ALL Kernel and Initrd CUSTOM Boot settings!! They are within the AutoMagic area (usually) - and running 'update-grub' gives grub the authority to alter any custom settings to defaults (I.e.; it'll wipe out your custom options and replace them with the defaults). Fortunately for me, I only had that one kernel option (acpi=force) that I can recall and easily add back (using 'sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst' to edit and save the file) So; I'll refrain from posting mine anyway (once I reboot after customizing menu.lst again ;-)) -- since you already have seemingly solved your issue ... > > Do you use an 'acpi=force' kernel boot option in GRUB/Lilo ?? > > I do on this ~1999 PII, 350MHz 100FSB, 192MB RAM; > > nope. there is some acpi setting in the BIOS that is turned on, can't > remember what it is exactly, will post in after next > reboot. meanwhile, I found I had apcid turned on from some acpi stuff > I was playing with a few months ago. I've update-rc.d remove'd it and > haven't had a problem in a day and a half (knock wood). I"m going to > go at this thing from the ground up again starting with all BIOS > settings and... heh... logging my actions, there's a novel thought. Excellent! Glad to hear it -- my system is one of the first ACPIU compliant, and there's no BIOS setting for enabling/disabling ACPI, but there is the "Power" page, which controls APM settings. > well. that's quite a tale. All I can say is, if the keyboard doesn't > seem to work right, maybe next time try a new keyboard first? he > he. Yeah - but I'm stubborn as an Ox, and I needed to test my skills ;-0 Last resort (replace hardware) was such that if it didn't work, I'd be really fuming -- perhaps that's why I held off for so long, and was trying to decipher these type kernel messages; ------------- Jul 3 08:17:04 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 reports too many keys pressed . Jul 3 08:17:39 localhost last message repeated 7 times Jul 3 08:18:38 localhost last message repeated 12 times Jul 3 08:19:37 localhost last message repeated 12 times Jul 3 08:20:41 localhost last message repeated 13 times Jul 3 08:21:41 localhost last message repeated 12 times ------------ ad-nauseum... :-( > on that note, i've heard several tales of keyboards being > resurrected by putting them through the dishwasher... I'd google it > first, but if you have a dead keyboard, it certainly wouldn't > hurt. I'm sure it'll void the warranty though. Yeah, I know -- Thanks -- and that's definitely something I'd *do* ;-) But she's already got too many bullet holes in her :-p Besides the SpaceBar key had been semi-broken (physically) for quite sometime already. Regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
