Brian McCafferty wrote: >> 2008/9/27 Brian McCafferty <brian at mccafferty.ca>: >> >>> Initially I had hoped to run Solaris 10 on this >>> >> beast, but ended up trying the latest live CD only to >> >>> have the same problem. When I boot with ACPI >>> >> enabled I have to keep my finger moving on the > >> touch pad or it appears to just sit...thinking. Once >> it loads up, I open up a terminal.... the cursor > >> only flashes while I'm moving the mouse or touchpad >> around. It seems like the CPU sleeps >> >>> constantly. If I boot with ACPI disabled, it seems >>> >> to work fine other than now I can only use a >> >>> mouse because the touchpad no longer works. Is >>> >> anyone else using a Satellite A210? It has >> >>> a Turion64x2 processor and the bios options are >>> >> extremely limited. >> >> You have the reason my new laptop is Intel Core Duo >> rather than AMD >> Turion. My old ASUS AMD Turion used to do the same >> sort of thing, it >> is a well knwn issue. >> >> If your system has an NVidia graphics system the >> nvidia driver should >> ping the kernel every second to keep it alive, not >> sure if any other >> drivers do that. >> >> Issue has been around for about 3 years, don't see >> any sign of a fix. >> >> >> -- >> Tony Reeves >> Christchurch >> New Zealand >> _______________________________________________ >> laptop-discuss mailing list >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > > O.k....I might be out of luck then, the graphics is Ati x1200. So, this is > an issue with the Turion and its power saving features? > Thanks, > Brian > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > With my Sun desktop (Ultra 20) I too miss out because it's an AMD. frkit doesn't work on SMP AMD64 systems and thus no power management (Powernow) on any version of Solaris (Never will be either) due to new dependence on TSC hardware (For kernel timer) in C2D and Barcelona era chips. Turion would be P4 era but only P4 without ht works generally with the power features, and even then you need a NVIDIA adapter because ATI's hidden functionality needed to keep the GPU working and aware is not unlocked for use except with a non-existant closed driver, while NVIDIA has had theirs available for years. I'd say C2D laptops with Intel GMA (Ones with the open driver), ATI's newest (The R*** ones with the open spec) and NVIDIA is the way to go but obviously for those with so called "legacy" hardware (Ie: lacking TSC) will not benefit from using Solaris if they require power management to work. Those using anything based on vesa and most bundled X.org drivers even on supported CPUs will prevent sleep state.
James
