Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-09 Thread xsdg
I have experienced the spewing sheets part before. What I believe is happening is that the printer receives the postscript commands instead of the (does Epson use ) PCL(?) commands. Because Linux/Unix traditionally only includes line feeds at the end of the line, the text quickly runs off the e

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-09 Thread xsdg
I have experienced the spewing sheets part before. What I believe is happening is that the printer receives the postscript commands instead of the (does Epson use ) PCL(?) commands. Because Linux/Unix traditionally only includes line feeds at the end of the line, the text quickly runs off the

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Not really what > expected. > May be this was fixed in later 2.4 kernels, I didn't checked. Yep, as Alan noted, that's normal; it's just the kernel's idle loop. My kapm-id

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Alan Shutko
Sebastien Kalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Yes, that's as designed. Really, that's working, kapmd isn't making your CPU run active, it _is_ terribly confusing and those

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sebastien Kalt
Hello, Le Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:29:20AM +0100, Calum Mackay a écrit: > CONFIG_APM=y > # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when id

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Not really what > expected. > May be this was fixed in later 2.4 kernels, I didn't checked. Yep, as Alan noted, that's normal; it's just the kernel's idle loop. My kapm-i

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Alan Shutko
Sebastien Kalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Yes, that's as designed. Really, that's working, kapmd isn't making your CPU run active, it _is_ terribly confusing and thos

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sebastien Kalt
Hello, Le Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:29:20AM +0100, Calum Mackay a écrit: > CONFIG_APM=y > # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when i

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read >

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Sylvester Keil wrote: > hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looked

apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sylvester Keil
hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read battery st

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Sylvester Keil wrote: > hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looke

apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sylvester Keil
hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read battery s