Re: ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Jan T. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I recently got a Toshiba Satellite 5100 notebook, which, as far as I > learned, is "legacy free", i.e. it has no traditional BIOS which includes > not having APM. I installed Debian 3.0 (stable), and the fan on this > machine gets on and off (with kernel-im

ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 09:57:31AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Next, and this is what surprised me, is that when I installed the ACPI > functionality, I seem to have lost the fan support. I am not wording this > well. The fan *never* turns on now. I think it involves the system readin

ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 09:57:31AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Next, and this is what surprised me, is that when I installed the ACPI > functionality, I seem to have lost the fan support. I am not wording this > well. The fan *never* turns on now. I think it involves the system readin

Re: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678

2003-05-01 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Jaye Inabnit ke6sls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wednesday 30 April 2003 03:55 pm, Manuel Saavedra wrote: > > > > There was no electrical over-current (and I was connected to a surge > > protector) and I had activated the ACPI support via the XandrOS control > > panel. > > Next, and this is wh

Re: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678

2003-05-01 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 30 April 2003 03:55 pm, Manuel Saavedra wrote: > Hi, > > For no particular reason I ended up using XandrOS, a Commercial Debian > (Woody)-Based distribution. I successfully installed it on my Sony Vaio > PCG-FXA678 (The Latin American vers

Re: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678

2003-05-01 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Manuel Saavedra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > However, last week I was working on my laptop when suddenly it just turned off. Any attempt to power-on again was futile. I had to take it to the Sony Repair Center. They just told me that my motherboard & processor are fried. > > There was no electri

Re: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678

2003-05-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Manuel" == Manuel Saavedra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Manuel> The XandrOS Support Team told me that maybe I had a faulty Manuel> fan and it burned out, taking my processor and motherboard Manuel> with it. Manuel> Now I'm not sure if something on the XandrOS caused Manue

I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678

2003-04-30 Thread Manuel Saavedra
Hi,   After 15 years using a Win-tel system (from Dos 4.x and a 286 to Win-XP and an Athlon), I decided to embrace Linux.   For no particular reason I ended up using XandrOS, a Commercial Debian (Woody)-Based distribution. I successfully installed it on my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678 (The Latin American