Bug#361684: is unuseable on HP OmniBook 4150 on batteries

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

please keep bugreport on cc :)

On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 03:34:32PM +0200, Ronny Standtke wrote:
> > not reading the previous part of your bug report, i have no idea
> > what you mean by unusable,
> 
> FYI here is the previous part of my bug report:
> --------
> If the notebook is booted when running on batteries the system is almost
> unuseable. The init process seems to hang right from the start but when you
> press some keys on the keyboard the system seems to "wake up" for some seconds
> and the init process continues bit by bit...
> 
> I tried to use acpi instead of apm (added the kernel boot option
> "acpi=off apm=on" and added apm to /etc/modules) but this was even worse:
> The system bootet without hammering on the keyboard but the timing was
> completely broken. The cursor frequency changed wildly depending on system
> load and the clock was running like crazy (ca. double speed) when opening 
> large applications.
> --------

sounds strange, i have seen that once on a very broken motherboard.
are you sure your hardware is ok?
 
> > but you might be interested in testing 
> > linux images 2.6.18 from trunk and try out if acpi=off helps
> > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel
> 
> OK, I will do that (next week).

please do as soon as possible as aboves will be etch kernel
and if you are still affected you need to report upstream soonest,
so we might get a fix for etch. (already late in the game)

regards

-- 
maks