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Re: Random crashes with testing on IBM T22



On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:31:36AM +0200, Martin Sk?tt wrote:
>
> I got Debian testing running on my Thinkpad T22 a couple of months ago thanks
> to this list and it has been working almost like a charm ever since :-)
> The problem is that I am experiencing random lockups of the machine. The 
> machine blocks completely and the only thing I can do is to turn it off. There
> is absolutely no response from the keyboard (the caps lock LED doensn't even 
> work!). Am I the only one experiencing this? It doesn't matter which app I'm
> using at the time[1]. 
> 
> I'm using a custom 2.4.5 kernel with SGI XFS patched in. A journalised FS is
> really nice on a machine that crashes every now and then :-)

Try re-compiling your kernel with this option:

  CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y

It solved my problems on a TP600E with a new Travelstar 20GB drive.

Jeremy
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