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> About a week ago I began observing the following behavior in my laptop: > > -After placing the latptop on the coffee table and standing up, my kne > brushed the corner causing an ESD > -Since then, when I leave the laptop idle for more than two hours, the > monitor and HDD shut off (as specified in my BIOS settings) but will not > wake again (before I reflashed my BIOS it seemed that this was happening > with a shorter idel period) > > -This is what I have tried so far: > -re-flashed the BIOS with latest version from Toshiba > -adjusted the power management settings from the BIOS > -left the computer idle for varying periods of time with basically the > same result (after 2 hours, no wakeup) > -have experimented with leaving the battery in place and also with > removing it after fully charged, leaving the machine to run on AC power > alone (no this did not help) > -tried modyifying the settings in xscreensaver-demo (to no effect) > -tried killing the xscreensaver daemon before I went to sleep (again, no > effect) > -The real kicker: this problem does not occur under Windows XP. I have > already tried leaving the machine running overnight under WinXP (instead of > Debian) and it always wakes up properly, regardless of how long the machine > has bee idle. > -This behavior is also not creating any log files that I am able to find. > > Machine Specs: > Toshiba Satellite 2805-S401 > PIII-700MHz > 256 MB RAM > S3 Savage-IX/MV 8MB video > 20 GB HDD > internal floppy and CD-ROM/DVD-ROM > Debian Woody 3.0r1 (stock bf2.4 kernel) > > I am at a loss to what the source of the problem could be. I would > appreciate any help. > > -Roberto Sanchez > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thorstenhaas.de
