On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am running a debian sid with a 2.4.16 kernel on a Dell latitude C810 and I > have some problems because I think there are some new devices and everything > is not supported. > > I can not have the pcmcia working. I have install the pcmcia-cs and > pcmcia-source packages and when I plug the pc-card, the laptop freeze. > 02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller > 02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller > Is somebody has this PC card Cardbus Controller working ? > > I can not completely shutdown the laptop with the 'halt' command. I put > CONFIG_APM=y > CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y > in my kernel. > > I try to test ACPI but it crash the laptop when I plug or unplug the AC > power. > > When I am using the battery and if I do not touch the laptop during 10 > minutes, it crashes alone... I deactivated everything on the bios power > management, and put the same options that for AC power. > > Do you think is it a good idea to use ext3 on a laptop that crashes a lot ? > I need to use some kernel patches but it is very unstable. > > Is somebody use the same laptop and have any problems ?
I had similar problems on my Dell i8100 with the PCMCIA stuff in the installed kernel (2.4.16). I installed the "pcmcia-cs" & "pcmcia-source" packages, rebuilt the kernel (for other reasons), & the PCMCIA stuff worked. I don't know what the previous PCMCIA stuff was doing, but it was definitely causing trouble. Also, check out the following for some useful information: http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/~park/dell.html I ended up disabling APIC (not ACPI, but close enough to be confusing): CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set So, now "shutdown -h" works, pushing the power button works, & the system no longer crashes when pulling the AC, pressing "suspend", etc. Suspend... doesn't seem to be supported with the current acpid; it notices the events, but isn't configured to to anything about them. The lid close/open is interesting, requiring at least Fn-CRT/LCD to get the screen back, & varying based on whether I'm at an X console or not. I don't know where to go from here, but my system is stable for the moment. ________________________________________________________________________ Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], phone: 319-335-5555, fax: 319-335-5505
