From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: Flooded by button/lid events Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:37:29 +0000 Message-ID: <20051117153728.GA4613@srcf.ucam.org> References: <200511171006.58300.fexpop@onlinehome.de> <20051117145351.GA4385@srcf.ucam.org> <200511171634.03164.fexpop@onlinehome.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511171634.03164.fexpop-53koH/AXb86i2/dY4+mD5w@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Felix Homann Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 04:34:02PM +0100, Felix Homann wrote: > Thanks for your reply. In Windows safe mode the LCD backlight is switched off > when I press the lid switch. It's turned on again after releasing the switch. > Does this indicate anything? Is there anything else I should look out for? And it carries on working after that? In Linux, try doing an lspci -vxxx before and after you get into the repeating event state. It's quite likely that there'll be a bit difference in the southbridge state. (Of course, it's possible that there is a bug in the Linux implementation - but it's probably more likely to be BIOS breakage) -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click