Teemu Torma wrote:
> On Thursday 21 February 2002 02:04, SI Reasoning wrote:
>
>>The kernel in 8.1 did not have APIC enabled.
>>
>
> I am also using a Dell laptop. It seems that any BIOS event locks the laptop
> completely, whether it is unplug the power cord or BIOS display timeout or
> manual display blanking. Something like 2.4.13 works, which I am using right
> now, but all 2.4.17 and after kernels are completely unusable.
>
What is it with Dells and others laptops?
ThinkPads ( or at least the A2X series ) seem to resist any
attempts by the kernel to enable it:
syslog:Feb 19 21:13:10 randyspc kernel: Local APIC disabled
y BIOS -- reenabling.
syslog:Feb 19 21:13:10 randyspc kernel: Could not enable APIC!
This issue reminds me of the 8.0 trackpoint mouse issue on
the thinkpads. ( it was inoperative... )
Why not build a 'laptop' kernel with APIC turned off?
Especially with the changes done to make those folks with
r128 based laptops.
-randy
