hi, since kernel 2.4.17 apm functionality is broken on my dell inspiron 8100.
it causes system freeze at shutdown instead of power off, unwanted power off after a period of idle time and i cannot access to the fn functions anymore (bios setup, crt/lcd switching,...) without freezing the system. after searching on usenet, i've found the following solutions: 1. turning off CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC 2. or applying the following patches from http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/kernel-patches/2.4/ patch-boot-time-ioremap patch-early-dmi-scan patch-dmi-apic-fixups i've choosed the 2nd way and i've no more apm problems (suspend works too). i hope this post will be useful for a inspiron-compatible 8.2 version... best regards frank
