> Andreas Mohr writes: > > [...] > > > > 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. > > Thanks for your response, Andreas. > > This may be part of the story, but not the whole story, at least for > Inspiron 3500. I had APM working fine under Redhat 5.2 (I think > kernel 2.0.36?) on this machine. I believe I am seeing an interaction > between BIOS and kernel, that I can work around if I can configure the > kernel properly. > > Will
Hmm, you could try the kernel-image-2.0.38 package :) You'll have to compile your own pcmcia-cs modules, though, those don't seem to have a kit to install. "upgrade til it hurts, downgrade til it works" * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
