I have a Dell Latitude CPxH that runs very well with APM and otherwise. Here's my 2.2.18 kernel config...if it's not listed, it's not set:
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y CONFIG_M386=y CONFIG_1GB=y CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y CONFIG_MCA=y CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m CONFIG_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m CONFIG_APM=y CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y CONFIG_PNP=y CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARIDE=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PD=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PF=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PT=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PG=m CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN=m CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK=m CONFIG_PARIDE_COMM=m CONFIG_PARIDE_DSTR=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT2=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT3=m CONFIG_PARIDE_EPAT=m CONFIG_PARIDE_EPIA=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FRIQ=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FRPW=m CONFIG_PARIDE_KBIC=m CONFIG_PARIDE_KTTI=m CONFIG_PARIDE_ON20=m CONFIG_PARIDE_ON26=m CONFIG_PACKET=m CONFIG_NETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=m CONFIG_FIREWALL=y CONFIG_FILTER=y CONFIG_UNIX=m CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_MOD=y CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW=m CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPPORTFW=m CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_MFW=m CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y CONFIG_INET_RARP=m CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y CONFIG_I2O=m CONFIG_I2O_PCI=m CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK=m CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_DUMMY=m CONFIG_BONDING=m CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m CONFIG_ETHERTAP=m CONFIG_NET_SB1000=m CONFIG_PLIP=m CONFIG_PPP=m CONFIG_SLIP=m CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y CONFIG_WAVELAN=m CONFIG_ARLAN=m CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=m CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD=y CONFIG_COMPUTONE=m CONFIG_ROCKETPORT=m CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 CONFIG_PRINTER=m CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y CONFIG_MOUSE=y CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y CONFIG_NVRAM=m CONFIG_RTC=y CONFIG_USB=m CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=m CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=m CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y CONFIG_USB_DC2XX=m CONFIG_USB_MDC800=m CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m CONFIG_QUOTA=y CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_FS=m CONFIG_NFS_V3=y CONFIG_NFSD=m CONFIG_SUNRPC=m CONFIG_LOCKD=m CONFIG_SMB_FS=m CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL=y CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION=y CONFIG_NLS=y CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437" CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE=m CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL=m CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=m CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=m CONFIG_FBCON_VGA=m CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y CONFIG_SOUND=m On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 04:57:30PM -0600, Andreas Mohr wrote: > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 05:33:27PM -0500, William F. Dowling wrote: > > > > Can someone suggest reasonable kernel config values (presumably under > > APM) so that suspend/resume won't freeze a Dell Inspiron 3500? I am > > building kernel 2.2.17 from source, and have been having that > > problem. If you have this working, what values do you have in > > the kernel config for: > Oh no, Dell again. > > I've got an Inspiron 5000e which has all sorts of weird lockups. > Many times directly after a screen blanking it just locks up totally > (including ping !). > Or sometimes there are weird lockups with suspend/resume, yes. > > As this machine is (in)famous for its "wonderfully working" APM support > (boolean variable dell_crap in apm.c of newer, knowing kernels), > I strongly suspect that the BIOSes of Dell notebooks are [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in general. > Dell is NOT doing a good job here. > A new BIOS has been rumoured to come out for months, nothing happened. > (mine is from August !) > > Dell, do something about that, damn ! > > Andreas Mohr > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

