On Friday 28 December 2007 13:07:35 you wrote: > Thanks all for the comments -- I will try to reply and update them all: > > 1. Volume controls work properly. > 2. However, when one tries to power off the system, the kernel hangs. > I can get more specific details on which point this happens, but it is > somewhere during the shutdown process. The only solution is to force a > hard poweroff. > 3. The exact version of the kernel is 2.6.23-1-powerpc, as found in > the Debian Sid repositories. I haven't compiled any modules for it.
ah, sid is known to have problems from time to time. > > I don't have problems sticking with 2.6.18-5, which works quite fine > save for a couple of minor issues (the wireless card detects > constantly signals of 100% quality, even if the reception is really > much worse... Yes so be it, but for me this seems much better than the current, witch tells me its about 50% - 70%. While I know strenght IS 90% - 100%. > On the other hand, the wireless resumes flawlessly from > sleep, which I find more valuable than knowing exactly how bad the > signal is), That WAS a treat. I wonder why they F* that up. I really liked that. > but I am curious to know if these problems I find with > 2.6.23 are common, or just something specific to my machine I've experienced some hard resets from time to time. Idle machine results in non working keyboard after a few hours. Suspends stops functioning from time to time. Screen dimming takes the night after a few suspends. Always fan activity from some reason. Always harddisk rotating (due to ext3 witch is new to me?) reiser shut down the disk after a fashion (started it soon after to do maintenance, but still) > . > > In any case, I'll try 2.6.24 when it comes out. I think the developers took december off! ;D but hell yeah. .22 and .23 seems to have some irritating flaws, but the logs show squat and without a functioning keyboard its hard to see whats going on. seems that bluetooth/usb is mighty dependent on some the same hid stuff, witch leaves me quite alone with the usb mouse witch still functions(???) while a usb keyboard is as good as firewood. > > Thanks all again, > Denís. > > 2007/12/26, Børge Holen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wednesday 26 December 2007 00:34:22 Tony Breeds wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 08:54:44PM +0100, Denís Fernández Cabrera wrote: > > > > Hello people, > > > > > > > > I have recently upgraded my laptop (iBook G4) to kernel 2.6.23-1, > > > > which seems to be working perfectly in everything but the control of > > > > screen brightness. > > > > > > > > The screen is fixed to some intermediate level of brightness which I > > > > can't change. Whenever I press Fn+F1 or F2, the dialog of > > > > GTKPBButtons appears, but displaying "Brightness 0%", and never > > > > changing the value nor the real brightness of the screen. > > > > > > > > Does anybody else experience this? Does anbody know how to fix it, or > > > > to what it can be related? > > > > > > I think this is broken in 2.6.23. I also think it's been fix in .24 > > > when it comes out. > > > > say, we talkin bout em .23.x kernels or some 23-1 flavour? Can't speak > > for the flavour but vanilla've never worked this flawless since 2.6.17... > > > > > Yours Tony > > > > > > linux.conf.au http://linux.conf.au/ || > > > http://lca2008.linux.org.au/ Jan 28 - Feb 02 2008 The Australian Linux > > > Technical Conference! > > > > -- > > --- > > Børge Holen > > http://www.arivene.net -- --- Børge Holen http://www.arivene.net