From: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>
To: Brad Parker <brad-2nKKSigPee+ibv+y4V69FXNtEUiqdi9I@public.gmane.org>
Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: hp xt1260; upgraded bios to 1.05, now no backlight w/batteries
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:06:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030310120617.GA4471@zaurus.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200303051956.h25Ju2N04777-paYRYfI9b/YMuHHiPFXXZ1fOaUvyCJUZ@public.gmane.org>
Hi!
> If I boot the bios upgrade disk and flash the bios, the problem goes
> away. Everything works as expected.
>
> I then run linux (2.4.21-pre3-acpi-20030125-swsusp18). It boots and
> works fine. I poweroff and reboot and the problem reoccurs. Several
> seconds after the bios comes up, before grub, the backlight shuts off.
> Pressing the lid button restores the light for a few seconds. If I
> plug in the ac and press the lid button is comes back on and stays on.
I'd complain to HP. I seen a lot of braindamaged
notebooks, but so far removing battery
always did the trick.
Pavel,
who remembers good old days when
reset *did* reset.
--
Pavel
Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-05 19:56 hp xt1260; upgraded bios to 1.05, now no backlight w/batteries Brad Parker
[not found] ` <200303051956.h25Ju2N04777-paYRYfI9b/YMuHHiPFXXZ1fOaUvyCJUZ@public.gmane.org>
2003-03-06 11:53 ` Troy Schultz
2003-03-10 12:06 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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