Re: Inspiron 5000 text-console freezing, somehow linked to X ?
Sounds like a hardcore bios-bug, maybe you should try a newer/older
bios!
Or you could try the synaptics touchpad driver from mobilix.org, it ads
some nice functions and you can skip gpm...but then it does not work in
console.
http://mobilix.org/touchpad_driver.html
søn, 2002-12-15 kl. 13:50 skrev mw:
> Hello again !
> Today I re-entered the contest with the 'freezing console'.
> I built some different kernels and wrote a simple 'emergency-shutdown' script
> which performs a regular reboot after a predefined amount of time.
> At least I can test conditions without filesystem-corruption now.
>
> This is what I found out so far:
> 'apm: get_event: interface not connected'
> is shown up first early at boot-time, before starting any services, no matter
> if apm in BIOS is activated or not. Btw i8K says 'Unable to get SMM
> Dell-signature / BIOS version'.
> I suppose now it's rather not related to the freezing phaenomen.
>
> nikolaj erichsen:
>
> > 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
> A good hint.
> Unfortunateley, on my I5000 it doesn't. I turned all APIC-Options out,
> from within menuconfig:
> CONFIG-X86_IO=n
> CONFIG-X86_LOCAL=n
> and one more try with
> CONFIG-X86_GOOD=n
> which I found only in the .config itself.
> Btw i found Symmetric Multiprocessing turned on, but there's only a
> Math-Coprozessor built in the PIII. So i turned it off, too. HTR...
>
> Stumbaum, Rainer:
> > can you reproduce the error immediately when touching the touchpad???
> > I installed gpm and used gpmdata for mouse input in X to solve that issue.
> > Good luck
> > Rainer
> That was a good hint, too.
> Originally I disabled gpm by init. I made some tests:
>
> 1. Unchanged setting.
> After booting into console ( without X and without gpm ):
>
> - Touching the pad didn't harm.
> But starting kdm, and back on console, it immediateley produces the 'frost' (
> or better 'frust' :).
>
> - Starting gpm works, /dev/gpmdata and the 'runtime' gpmctl seem to be
> alright. But after kill gpm, touching the pad freezes.
>
> Setting:
>
> XF86 configures mouse: gpm:
> /dev/psaux
> ( later: gpmdata) /dev/psaux
> IMPS/2 autops
> repeat-type ms3
> (later:append ="_Rms3")
>
> 2. With XF86 pointing to gpmdata I started gpm with -Rms3 ( see below ).
> It works on console, but in X rather produces trash, so I think it's not the
> right -R protocol.
> Now, back to console, killing gpm and touching the pad still freezes as usual.
>
>
>
> I couldn't manage to find out more yet, and have to leave it for now.
> True I don't understand what's going on, but the mouse-device seems to be a
> good trace since it could explain why the 'frost' appears together with
> starting X.
>
> I feel that the solution is quite near, but I just can't see it.
> Perhaps someone else has sharper eyes ?
> ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mw [mailto:Michael.Wordehoff@gmx.de]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:22 PM
> > > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject: Inspiron 5000 text-console freezing, somehow linked to X ?
> > >
> > >
> > > 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'....
>
> > To add from the XF86-Log:
> > "Cannot shadow an accelerated framebuffer"
> > and later "Option UseFBDev not used".
> > It's a 8 MB ATI Rage, and in the XF86Config
> > i turned FBDev on and DPMS off.
> > No errors else.
>
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