Hello, > Have you attempted to install LM 8.1? I've now gone right the way back Mandrake 6.0. I flat refuse to go back to Red Hat 5.2 !!!
Disabling BIOS Power Management and not switching on APMD at boot time still results in a Kernel NULL pointer (bit prone to de-referencing NULL pointers is the Linux kernel). This time it is in "swapper". This applies to Suspen to RAM and Suspend to Disk. Owen On Sunday 03 Feb 2002 6:18 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:53:26 +0000 > > OS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote these words: > > Yes ! Me and now several others have started threads on more than one > > mailing list stating that the old Linux power management was bad, but the > > new systems (APIC and APMD beta 3) REALLY suck !!! > > > > What really intriques me is how Linux is being positioned as the OS for > > all platforms, and yet locks completely solid on platforms that require > > any kind of power management that doesn't involve "init 6" !!! > > > > I am wanting to deliver a Mandrake 8.2 Linux based laptop system to an > > important client. This machine will show off Mandrake and Linux to people > > who have probably not even heard of Linux, or at least certainly not > > considered using it. I can't deliver it because it locks solid when ever > > a power management feature is invoked !!! I am seriously faced with > > having to put a Window$ on to it. This is a real shame, but it is a > > reality. > > > > Owen > > > > On Friday 01 Feb 2002 3:05 am, you wrote: > > > I installed 8.2 beta on a Dell Inspiron 8000. When the screen > > > attempted to dim the machine powered down. > > > > > > With a fresh 8.2 install power management still doesn't work. > > > apmd is running but any change in power status (unplug for instance) > > > causes the machine to hand. > > > > > > This worked fine in 8.1 > > > > > > darrell > > What make and model is the notebook you plan to use ? > Is it a Dell as well ? > > Have you attempted to install LM 8.1? > If they have never seen/used linux anyway an older version > which works might be an alternate approach !? > > Don't give up yet !!! > > William Bouterse > Talkeetna, Ak
