Re: Inspiron 5000 text-console freezing, somehow linked to X ?
Hi
I have an i8100 and had the same kind of problem, the solution was to
turn all apic (not acpi) off in the kernel (CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC).
Hope it helps
-->negon
man, 2002-12-09 kl. 16:51 skrev mw:
> Hello.
> Ive managed one more step towards a running Woody on my Dell Inspiron
> 5000....X is working, and I installed many packages last night :)
>
> I need to configure now from the text-console,
> but something wickened happens:
> After about two minutes from console-login suddenly there's no more input
> from keyboard possible !
> Even not the fnar 2--keys or ctrl-alt-Functions including Ctrl-alt--del.
> I had to turn off power several times and let e2fschk clean up the mess....
>
> This didn't occur when I suspended kdm and logged in only a text-console.
> It seems not to happen 2 - 3 minutes after entering X , and it's sufficient
> only to reach the kdm-login. ( Package xfree86-common, Version 4.1. 0-16 )
> Just now I'm writing this letter ( on another box ) I reached a 'frozen'
> text-console on the lap without any tty-login.
> So i suppose the 'freezing' happens after entering the kdm-login, and I only
> recognize it by changing to text-console with ctrl-alt-F1.
>
> The problem may be related to error-messages occuring immediateley after
> login. From different sources, they are:
>
> apm:get_event: interface not connected
> apm:set display: interface not found
> kernel:apm:set display: interface not connected
> kernel:apm:set suspend: interface not connected
>
>
> I ran the lap from 'line', without a battery plugged in.
> Freezing does not depend on APM dis/enabled in BIOS.
> I did enable APM in the kernel ( 2.4.18 custom ).
> I installed powermgmt-base, apmd 3.0.2 ( apm-bios 1.2 ), libapm1, and sleepd.
> But later I suspendet them all. Further on I experimented with the standard
> kernel-2.2.20 idepci in runlevel 1 ( single ). After starting kdm, the same
> failure, still no change.
> I didn't suspend noflushd yet. On several occasions I noticed a short
> HD-Action the second before the goodbye. I'm not sure if always, however.
>
>
> I feel rather helpless now. Does anybody could give me a hint ?
>
>
> ----------- Settings ( / = some stuff i changed for testing ) --------------
> Dell Inspiron P III 600 mhz / 128 MB / 12 GB
> Kernel 2.4.18 ( custom ) / Kernel 2.2.20-idepci ( standard )
>
> APM compiled in Kernel, but no ACPI
> BIOS A07: no matter if apm disabled / activated
>
> Video:
> XFree 4.1.0
> Console is VGA+ 80x25
> VCI v.100
> agpgart seems to work properly
>
> No PnP-Plugins / PCMCIA-Cards plugged in yet.
>
> I installed makedev, and found a char-device /dev/apm_bios, and while I
> 'touched' it with mc, this conole gets frozen, but i was able to move to
> another. Few seconds later the whole system freezes 'regularly'....
>
>
> TIA -
>
> --
> michl
>
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