From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:53:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:53:25 -0400 Received: from draco.macsch.com ([192.73.8.1]:3247 "EHLO draco.macsch.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:53:17 -0400 Message-ID: <3B28CFBF.4B7639D2@mscsoftware.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:52:47 -0700 From: "David N. Lombard" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.17-8.msc-up i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Juri Haberland CC: georgn@somanetworks.com, Linux Kernel Subject: Re: 2.4.5-ac13, APM, and Dell Inspiron 8000 In-Reply-To: <20010614090738.30539.qmail@babel.spoiled.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Juri Haberland wrote: > > You wrote: > > > > I've been running 2.4.5 on my new Dell I8000 without too many > > problems. Last night I built -ac13 (on my porch) and booted it > > without incident. Later, going inside and re-connecting the AC I > > notice that the thing's hung. I play around a bit and discover that > > the act of plugging or unplugging the power cord will hang the box. > > > > This lead me to disable all power manglement in the BIOS. No joy. > > > > This problem does not exist using straight 2.4.5. > > > > Has anybody else seen this? Any debugging suggestions? Or stated > > differently, has anybody with this machine arrived at a configuration > > that avoids weirdness in the power management framework? > > Ok, I just tried that and my i8000 locked up as well. No problems with > 2.4.5 as well. I have also another problem: > Running with -ac13 it doesn't poweroff properly - but it did running > 2.4.5. Sometimes it just stops where it should poweroff and locks hard, > sometimes it blanks the display before locking up hard. The Dell i5000e crashes when switching between mains and battery when the disk is active, so you might try to plug/unplug with the system quiet. If this works, you'll be in a *little* better spot. As for hanging, you might try suspending it (i.e., close the display) and opening it back up. This works for the i5000e; it also clears the display that sometimes goes *nuts* when switching video modes. This last behavior has only surfaced with the latest A06 BIOS. -- David N. Lombard