bay56 wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 1:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
>
> > It's a problem with the APM drivers and some motherboards. You,
> > unfortunately, seem to have one of the many motherboards affected, as
> > do I at work. There's a fix for it. Here's the URL to the message in
> > the archives detailing the fix:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11666.html
>
> Thanks for that - although to read the message from Axalon - you'd swear it
> was a problem with the mother board:
>
> $50 cheap mobo indeed - mine was good value at $200, but a $200 mobo should
> be good enough for a stinking bug ridden driver - exception taken Ax.
It is a BIOS problem. If you'd like confirmation of it, check the Linux
Kernel mailing list archives. There was quite a discussion about this
problem just a few weeks ago.
$200 motherboard or not, the BIOS vendor screwed up their
implementation.
> So much for being able to set up reasonable cost linux system if he's right!
> (which I personally doubt, because it works fine under another OS!)
A quick fix for the problem was already posted (remove the -p from the
shutdown flags).
Want reasonable priced Linux systems? Try a nice surplus 386 ('course,
you won't be able to run Mandrake on it). You won't even have APM
problems with it!
Ranting is one thing, but you've gone a little far...
> Slag my system all you like Ax, just make sure you got right on your side
> first. ;-)
And make sure you've really read the messages about HOW to fix the
problem before feeling insulted about a problem which DOES exist on your
system.
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