RE: Dell latitude C810

[alexis.guillard@bt.com]

Thanks everyone for your help. My laptop is working fine now.

Alexis


 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: alexis.guillard@bt.com [mailto:alexis.guillard@bt.com]
 > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 15:34
 > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
 > Subject: Dell latitude C810
 > 
 > 
 > Hello, 
 > I am running a debian sid with a 2.4.16 kernel on a Dell 
 > latitude C810 and I
 > have some problems because I think there are some new 
 > devices and everything
 > is not supported.
 > 
 > I can not have the pcmcia working. I have install the pcmcia-cs and
 > pcmcia-source packages and when I plug the pc-card, the 
 > laptop freeze. 
 > 02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card 
 > Cardbus Controller
 > 02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card 
 > Cardbus Controller
 > Is somebody has this PC card Cardbus Controller working ?

Inside /etc/pcmcia/config.opts, edit out port 0x800-0x8ff. The include port
line should look like: 
  include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
use the packages pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-source

Have a look on: http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/~park/dell.html

 > 
 > I can not completely shutdown the laptop with the 'halt' 
 > command. I put 
 > CONFIG_APM=y
 > CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y
 > in my kernel.
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
# CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
 > 
 > I try to test ACPI but it crash the laptop when I plug or 
 > unplug the AC
 > power.
ACPI is not yet supported by dell.

 > 
 > When I am using the battery and if I do not touch the laptop 
 > during 10
 > minutes, it crashes alone... I deactivated everything on the 
 > bios power
 > management, and put the same options that for AC power.
Disable APIC in the kernel configuration.
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
# CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set
# CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set
 > 
 > Do you think is it a good idea to use ext3 on a laptop that 
 > crashes a lot ?
It definitely is.

 > I need to use some kernel patches but it is very unstable. 
 > 
 > Is somebody use the same laptop and have any problems ? 
 > 
 > Thanks in advance
 > 
 > Alexis
 > 
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