On Wed Feb 20 22:43 -0800, Randy Welch wrote: > 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.
Maybe it's waaay too late to do it for 8.2, but I second the motion. Perhaps a Laptop install option (or a specialized laptop version of the distro...). Not as many servers (who runs MySQL or bind on a laptop?) in this version, for instance. Maybe a database could be built of native resolutions that different laptop LCDs have, so users could just select their laptop from the list and get X (maybe even framebuffer console mode, too) configured to look great out of the gate. As I said, almost definitely too late for 8.2, but an option for a post-8.2 version (9.0?) Or how's this (if a separate version is created): sometime over the summer, release 8.2 Portable Edition. If Mandrake can become the best distro for laptops, that can only help it's popularity on the desktop, imho. -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boy, that crayon sure did hurt! Linux 2.4.17-16mdk 2:01am up 4 days, 13:01, 11 users, load average: 1.02, 0.78, 0.66
