[GLLUG] hardware problems....anyone seen this?

[Timothy Schmidt]

Have you tried w/ or w/o ACPI?  Also, try [dis,en]abling 'Power
management controlled by [ACPI,APM]' in the BIOS.

One combination of those settings might help, if not, take a look when
you compile your next kernel to see if it includes an option like
'Include support for <insert laptop manufacturer here> laptops'.  If so,
compile it in and give it a try -- some motherboard manufacturers have
poorly written BIOSs that the kernel includes work-arounds for, but you
generally have to enable them yourself.

If all else fails, try visiting your manufacturer's site and getting an
updated BIOS.  Manufacturers often catch these kind of problems after
the machine has been sold and fix them in a later revision.

--tim

On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 17:50, C. Ulrich wrote:
> FWIW I have a dodgy laptop that, for whatever reason, loses all BIOS settings
> (but not time) whenever Linux restarts the machine. Everything is fine if it's
> simply halted. No problems under Windows, even. It started doing this with the
> 2.4 kernel series. Problem doesn't seem to be linked to APM either, if I
> recall. Your problem sounds a bit different, but maybe see if there's any
> difference on your machine between halting and rebooting.
> 
> --Charles Ulrich
> 
> Sean wrote:
> > Sounds like a bad battery, is the time coming up correctly in CMOS? 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Dylan Misenheimer wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>one of my boxes won't POST unless i reset the CMOS with the jumper on 
> >>the MB.
> >>after i do that i'll work fine, untill it's shutdown again.  when it 
> >>starts back
> >>up, it won't POST.  the only way i can get it to is to, once again, 
> >>switch the
> >>jumper to clear the CMOS, and restart.  any ideas?  anyone run into this 
> >>before?
> >> i imagine it's a simple mistake on my part, tho i've played around with 
> >>all of
> >>the CMOS settings.  don't know what to do.
> >>
> >>thanks
> >>dylan
> >>
> >>--
> >>It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people
> >> who have a genuine medical need for coffee
> >> to wait in line behind people who apparently
> >> view it as some kind of recreational activity.
> >>
> >>                         -Dave Barry
-- 
Timothy Schmidt <tim@schmidt.is-a-geek.com>