-=| Axel Beckert, Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:22:01PM +0100 |=- > Package: eeepc-acpi-scripts > Version: 1.1.3 > Severity: critical > Justification: Breaks whole system
Ouch! > After the upgrade to 1.1.3 my EeePC 701 4G freezes on shortly after > setting the console fonts with a garbled screen (no more readable, > looks like lines being out of sync or so). I have to power it off by > pressing the power button 4 seconds. No more ping, nothing. Due to the > garbled screen, I do not know if there was any kernel panic or so. > > It does not happen if I: > > * unplug the power supply (not very usable). > * boot with acpi=off (neither very helpful) > * downgrade to version 1.1.2 (did that :-) > * boot with init=/bin/bash (of course) > > It does happen: > > * independent of the kernel (tried 2.6.30, 2.6.31, 2.6.31 from grml, > 2.6.32) > * independent of the udev or console-setup versions (downgraded both > to the versions in testing since I first suspected them) > * even when I boot into single user mode (and power supply is plugged > in) > * as soon as I plug in the power supply (in case I had it unplugged on > startup) the system freezes and garbles the screen, also if running > under X. The last point lights a bulb. May be this is related to the SuperHybrid thingie? Perhaps setting it to 'normal/overload' breaks on 701s? There are a couple of settings in /etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts aout it. (See the commented file in /usr/share/doc/eeepc-acpi-scripts/examples) -- dam
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