Hi alexis.guillard! On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello, > 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. Nothing I can certify. I set up both. Mine (Inspiron 8100) and one of a friend of mine (C810). On both machines sid and everything of hardware works fine. > 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 ? dragonheart[3]: g - 20:56:04 ~ > lspci 02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller Disable all of PCMCIA in the config. Get pcmcia-* stuff, change manually in the directory, configure and compile. The only option you need to activate is the Wireless-LAN option (nothing else in this menu). Otherwise you won't be able to get WLAN 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. Did you disable APIC? Sometimes, when you try to use ALSA and IrDA _and_ PCMCIA, suspend causes trouble. > I try to test ACPI but it crash the laptop when I plug or unplug the AC > power. Unfortunately the Dell's (doesn't matter if Latitude or Inspiron series) don't want ACPI - though the BIOS seems to support it. But I wasn't able to get this stuff work. - I asked Dell about this. As you can imagine, they "...don't support Linux." Anyway - Dell promised a Bios-Upgrade within the next two weeks. I'm curious about it... > 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. Look at your batteries. Dell changed mine - the revision A04 seems to have problems. Perhaps a Bios-Upgrade could help you. > 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. It definitely is! As my i8100 now runs more then six hours (with two accus) - I sometimes forget to plug in the power-supply. ;) > Is somebody use the same laptop and have any problems ? As I already mentioned, try a Bios-Upgrade. -- Regards, GR | GnuPG-key on keyservers available Muck, Dickbaer, Nane... | or mail -s 'get gpg-key' Linux: Undefinierte Welten jenseits von YAST(2) Was? Es gibt Google? Und man-pages? _Und_ HOWTO's? - Seit wann?
