question about kernel 2.6.1

question about kernel 2.6.1

[Roman Jordan]

Hi,
i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
device.
The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.

Any suggestions where to start solving?

Best regards,
Roman Jordan

Re: question about kernel 2.6.1

[Sebastian Henschel]

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moin roman..

* Roman Jordan <RomanJordan@gmx.de> [2004-02-05 10:01 +0100]:
> Hi,
> i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
> I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
> After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
> system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
> device.
> The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.
> 
> Any suggestions where to start solving?

yes, check the latest acpi patch:
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/release/2.6.1/acpi-20040116-2.6.1.diff.bz2

or better take 2.6.2 which already includes the (currently) latest
patch.

hth,
 sebastian
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Re: question about kernel 2.6.1

[bill davidsen]

In article <1075925263.2952.29.camel@darkstar>,
Roman Jordan  <RomanJordan@gmx.de> wrote:
| Hi,
| i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
| I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
| After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
| system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
| device.
| The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.
| 
| Any suggestions where to start solving?

1 - try 2.6.2
2 - try APM instead of ACPI
3 - try the patch posted here recently
4 - google for the "laptop patch"
5 - try the absolute latest ACPI patch (URL recently posted)
6 - stay with 2.4 unless there's something you really need in 2.6
7 - APM has a "use real mode shutdown" option, try that
8 - reboot into 2.4 and then shutdown

With all of the 2.6 features backported to 2.4 in Redhat kernels, the
benefits are fairly small for most people.
-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

Re: question about kernel 2.6.1

[Roman Jordan]

Thanks a lot for your help.
I have installed the kernel 2.6.2, use PM (instead of ACPI) and i use
the real mode bios jump for shutdown. And now the things are working. At
the moment not in all cases, but i hope it will be better.

Greetings,
Roman Jordan

Am Mit, 2004-02-11 um 14.31 schrieb bill davidsen:
> In article <1075925263.2952.29.camel@darkstar>,
> Roman Jordan  <RomanJordan@gmx.de> wrote:
> | Hi,
> | i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
> | I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
> | After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
> | system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
> | device.
> | The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.
> | 
> | Any suggestions where to start solving?
> 
> 1 - try 2.6.2
> 2 - try APM instead of ACPI
> 3 - try the patch posted here recently
> 4 - google for the "laptop patch"
> 5 - try the absolute latest ACPI patch (URL recently posted)
> 6 - stay with 2.4 unless there's something you really need in 2.6
> 7 - APM has a "use real mode shutdown" option, try that
> 8 - reboot into 2.4 and then shutdown
> 
> With all of the 2.6 features backported to 2.4 in Redhat kernels, the
> benefits are fairly small for most people.