Re: APM signals cause lockup
On 26 Feb 2002, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I just got done installing Sid on my Inspiron 8000 using one of the 100
> or so documents I found using a google search. However, after reading
> through all of them, I can't find any hints to this problem. I compiled
> kernel 2.4.17 from source, making sure to include the power management
> options, and installed apmd. However, any time an APM signal is sent,
> the computer locks, requiring a hard restart. This is REALLY annoying as
> when I put it on AC power after starting up on battery (or vice versa)
> it locks, so I'm limited to having to reboot much too often. I know my
> way around Debian rather well, but as this is my first time installing
> it on a laptop I'm sure that there are probably things that I'm not
> aware of that I should be doing. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Disabling APIC by unsetting the kernel config variable CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC
fixed that for me on my 8100. Note that this is APIC, not ACPI.
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Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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