Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-21 Thread Scott Bigham
I'm trying to get the hibernate package working on my Dell Inspiron 4100. So far, everything appears to be working fine, with one exception: after resuming from hibernate, the system shows all the signs of high CPU load --- the CPU temperature keeps creeping up until both fans are running. This

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-22 Thread Scott Bigham
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:59:04PM -0800, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > What does the top command show? I've attached the output of top -bc -n 1 from shortly after resume; by this point the CPU was hot enough for the first fan to have kicked in. As you can see, it's running mostly idle, or at least it cla

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-24 Thread Scott Bigham
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 10:38:25AM -0800, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > Is there evidence of a lot of processes being created? (If you run ps > twice in a row, are the PIDs relatively close to each other? Relatively > close == within about 4 on a lightly loaded machine.) Almost identical. > Another tho

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-24 Thread Scott Bigham
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 09:26:38AM -0500, I wrote: > [...] I've attached the output of dmesg, with the suspend/resume point > marked. D'oh! *This* time I've attached it. We Apologize for the Inconvenience.(TM) -sbigham 1-4)) #1 Tue Aug 16 21:50:54

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-27 Thread Scott Bigham
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 12:52:38AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have you checked the problem is not there when you reboot? Cause > others have had similar symptoms and it appeared to be a dirty fan, > with lots of dust collected over the years. That way the processor > simply did not got enoug

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-27 Thread Scott Bigham
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 08:53:44PM -0500, Scott Bigham wrote: > Is there a way to disable ACPI? [searches kernel source docs] Ah, yes, > just have to use the 'acpi=off' kernel boot parameter. And my preliminary tests appear to confirm that with this parameter in place, good old a

Re: time

2000-06-09 Thread Scott Bigham
On Jan 1, 1990, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm having trouble setting my time on a Toshiba 2100cds. I did a clean > install of potato a week ago and the time reads Jan 1 1990? (1) How do I > change this? (2) How do I keep the time accurate when I turn off it off? I used to have this problem inte

Re: Please tell your success story

2000-03-16 Thread Scott Bigham
On Mar 15, 2000, Dieter Ebner wrote: > Who has recently bought a laptop and was able to install LINUX? If no one else has suggested it, may I recommend the Linux on Laptops page?[1] They won't all be Debian-specific (which I imagine is what you were interested in, given the mailing list you chos

Re: Maestro

2000-03-16 Thread Scott Bigham
On Mar 15, 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What are you problems exactly ? I have one on a Siemens Scenic Mobile > 360, and it's sound OK except for .au which sound horrible. Does RealAudio work for you? It came out very distorted when I tried it. I don't have any .mp3's or music CD's, so that

Re: Maestro

2000-03-16 Thread Scott Bigham
On Mar 15, 2000, Scott Bigham wrote: > Does RealAudio work for you? It came out very distorted when I tried > it. Okay, scratch that. I just got through installing RealPlayer 7, and for no apparent reason, it all suddenly started working again. :-} Oh well, who am I to complain? I&

Re: time

2000-06-09 Thread Scott Bigham
On Jan 1, 1990, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm having trouble setting my time on a Toshiba 2100cds. I did a clean > install of potato a week ago and the time reads Jan 1 1990? (1) How do I > change this? (2) How do I keep the time accurate when I turn off it off? I used to have this problem inter

Req. advice on upgrades: kernel, X, libc

2001-09-09 Thread Scott Bigham
This is, I humbly submit, at least partially on-topic for this list, ;) since the machine I'm thinking about upgrading is my notebook, and at least some of the questions are laptop-specific. Anywho, these are the upgrades I'm considering: - kernel: 2.2.19 -> 2.4.9 My understanding from pr

Req. advice on upgrades: kernel, X, libc

2001-09-09 Thread Scott Bigham
This is, I humbly submit, at least partially on-topic for this list, ;) since the machine I'm thinking about upgrading is my notebook, and at least some of the questions are laptop-specific. Anywho, these are the upgrades I'm considering: - kernel: 2.2.19 -> 2.4.9 My understanding from p

Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot

1999-10-24 Thread Scott Bigham
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. I don't even have to leave Linux to get thi

Re: Trying to correctly configure X

1999-10-27 Thread Scott Bigham
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 26 Oct, Bryan K. Walton wrote about "Trying to correctly configure X" > > [...] I have a NeoMagic 256AV video card in the machine that I > > believe has about 2.5 meg of memory. > You need the XFCom_NeoMagic server from Redhat or Suse. Sorry, I

Port Noteworthy external CD-ROM

1999-11-01 Thread Scott Bigham
Has anyone had any success with the Port Noteworthy PCMCIA CD-ROM? Yes, I know it isn't on the SUPPORTED.CARDS list; I thought it was when I bought it... :-} I figured I should at least try getting it to work, though, before biting the proverbial bullet and buying another one. I have actually go

Multifunction cards functioning... er, multiply?

1999-11-30 Thread Scott Bigham
I have a 3Com Megahertz 3CXEM556 Ethernet/modem combo card, which apparently keys off the 3c589_cs kernel driver. It works fine, but it suffers from the problem described in the PCMCIA HOWTO[*] that the Ethernet and serial drivers cannot function simultaneously, so that, for instance, I have to ma

Re: Time/date lost on Toshiba after reboot

1999-10-24 Thread Scott Bigham
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > going back usually to 1 Jan 1990 although sometimes other dates. As long > as I stay in Linux all is well; if I set the date correctly in DOS it > also stays correct even after complete shutdown and reboot. I don't even have to leave Linux to get thi

Re: Trying to correctly configure X

1999-10-27 Thread Scott Bigham
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 26 Oct, Bryan K. Walton wrote about "Trying to correctly configure X" > > [...] I have a NeoMagic 256AV video card in the machine that I > > believe has about 2.5 meg of memory. > You need the XFCom_NeoMagic server from Redhat or Suse. Sorry, I

Port Noteworthy external CD-ROM

1999-11-01 Thread Scott Bigham
Has anyone had any success with the Port Noteworthy PCMCIA CD-ROM? Yes, I know it isn't on the SUPPORTED.CARDS list; I thought it was when I bought it... :-} I figured I should at least try getting it to work, though, before biting the proverbial bullet and buying another one. I have actually go

Multifunction cards functioning... er, multiply?

1999-11-30 Thread Scott Bigham
I have a 3Com Megahertz 3CXEM556 Ethernet/modem combo card, which apparently keys off the 3c589_cs kernel driver. It works fine, but it suffers from the problem described in the PCMCIA HOWTO[*] that the Ethernet and serial drivers cannot function simultaneously, so that, for instance, I have to ma

Re: pcmcia in woody (was spaming filters)

2002-02-08 Thread Scott Bigham
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:24:41PM -0800, Heather wrote: > Anyways when I was asking for a "known abiding reason" I meant something > specific, not "that's how testing/woody works". Which arch needs to be > hit on the head to make it happy? Generally the place to look for this sort of thing is t

Re: pcmcia in woody (was spaming filters)

2002-02-08 Thread Scott Bigham
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:24:41PM -0800, Heather wrote: > Anyways when I was asking for a "known abiding reason" I meant something > specific, not "that's how testing/woody works". Which arch needs to be > hit on the head to make it happy? Generally the place to look for this sort of thing is