--- Mickey Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone else here using a laptop? I am having a bunch > of problems > > I am having the following issues: > > 1. unplug my power cord and machine locks up (or > vice-versa) > > 2. Close my monitor and my machine shuts off. >
these problems are because APIC has been compiled into the kernel. It is a known problem but the kernel maintainer at Mandrake continues to have it enabled in the stock kernel. The only way around it is to recompile with APIC disabled. To do that as root: cd /usr/src/linux make mrproper make menuconfig (or config or xconfig) The important part here is to disable APIC, This is found in the processor section. If you familiar enough with the kernel you could lighten it of things that you would not use in a laptop. make symlinks dep make bzImage make modules (make a backup of /lib/modules/2.4.17-?mdk) make modules_install make install lilo reboot and it should work better. If you have an ATI video card 2.4.17-19mdk is now using the GATOS driver which resolves the drm problem. On My Dell Inspiron 8000, I am still unable to use suspend to ram without it forcing a reboot when I try to bring the system back up from suspend. I have submitted some logs to the GATOS mailing list and we shall see if we can resolve this too. ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. -FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
