Re: sony srx7... sony pi... acpi
Thanks for the info! I need acpi to use the wireless card because otherwise i get some hairy IRQ conflicts during startup, and suppose i'll just give up on getting the bluetooth and jogdial to work for a while. thanks again, jason
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:39:09 -0400 (EDT)
"Scott" <scott@sboss.net> wrote:
>
> > well, i'm goin to throw this out for a quick answer before i put up
> > kernel panic logs etc. i have an srx7 (the japanese version) on which i
> > am running woody and 2.4.18. i've compiled the kernel with all the
> > necessary support for acpi, wireless etc. i have a decent setup
> > running, including the internal orinoco minipci wireless card working.
> > however... i cannot unplug or plug in the power cord while running else
> > i get a kernel panic (this is an acpi issue as far as i can tell).
> > also... i cannot modprobe sonypi (hence i cannot use /dev/sonypi) else i
> > also get a kernel panic. i have tried the dev kernel (2.5.25) and it
> > does the same thing. any comments would be appreciated, i'll post later
> > this week with the details and kernel config if no one has any quick
> > guesses. thanks in advance, jason.
>
> sonypi aka /dec/sonypi does not work with ACPI enable kernels. The two
> conflict. I have the sony z505js and I just ignore the wheel (sonypi) in
> linux. Plus ACPI is not as developed as APM. I use APM instead of ACPI
> since ACPI screwes up my hibernation key ([Fn]-[F12]). Once ACPI gets a
> litle better I will switch to it.
>
> Scott
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