Re: Unresponsive after use of fn button

["Jack Nguy" <Jack@JackNguy.com>]

The kernel used in the Debian isntall I used I believe is 2.6.7/8, The
kernel in Knoppix is 2.6.12, and the custom kernel that I compiled...
which doesn't really work is a 2.6.17. I'm sure its something stupid
I'm forgetting, but I'll report back as soon as I figure out what it
is. I won't be able to fuss with it for a couple of days as dell
repairs the touch pad. Thanks for the assistance.

Jack


On 7/29/06, Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 03:54:30 -0700, Jack Nguy wrote:
> > Hello. I guess I was wrong. Passing in the acpi=off flag still causes
> > stalling after adjusting brightness. The interesting thing is after
> > booting from a knoppix cd, it works fine. I guess I'm just going to
> > have to take apart the knoppix kernel. Thanks for the tip.
>
> It might be enough to just use a kernel that is as new as the one in
> Knoppix. If you want you can compile your own kernel from the Debian
> sources while using the Knoppix kernel configuration file.
>
> > On 7/26/06, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > >On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 11:59:59 -0700, Jack Nguy wrote:
> > >> Hello all,
> > >>
> > >> After putting it off as long as I could, and upgrade to 2.6.8 from a
> > >> 2.4.24 kernel causes the use of the fn buttons to render the machine
> > >> useless. I have a Dell X200. After some poking around, it seems to be
> > >> associated with ACPI, although I'm not sure exactly what. The machine
> > >> completely freezes when I try to adjust brightness. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >Try to boot with appending the "acpi=off" directive. That should at
> > >least tell you if the problem is really due to acpi.
>
> --
> Regards,
>           Florian
>
>
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