On ���, 2002-01-27 at 11:43, SI Reasoning wrote: > When halting my Dell Inspiron 8000, I get the power > off message but the laptop does not power off while > using the 2.4.7-10 kernel. Other APM related sutff is > a mess with this laptop also. If it suspends or does > any power saving features, it can not be brought back > up and has to be rebooted. Even worse, if I try to go > to bios or check the battery feature, it completely > locks up the computer and it has to be forcibly turned > off. > > Kernel 2.4.6-11 was way better. It still had the > suspend issue, but I could go to the bios or battery > display and other bios related shortcuts without > issue. It also powered down without issue. >
2.4.18-pre7 (that 2.4.17-10mdk is based upon) has new APM patch. I already have seen other reports about APM related problems in this version (ironically this patch fixed problem I had). I suggest you report it on lkml as you may have better chances there. -andrej
