OK - my bad. 2.6.18 was doing proper power management on Etch. Thus, I'm reopening this bug as it seems this CAN be worked around, though it is a hardware issue.
** Changed in: linux (upstream) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- MacBook makes whining noise when uhci-hcd loaded https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124642 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs