Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Fri, Aug 1
well, my experience with a power-up not "catching" ended up being a
failing mobo. I think it can come from failing memory too. I think it
can also come from a failing power supply that doesn't give enough
juice over all the lines resulting in some parts
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:18:44AM +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >>Well, half done. The reboot hangs after the keyboard lights flash and
> >>before the BIOS screen shows... I have to power off by the button and
> >>power on again. And that doesn't always work.
> >>
>
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
Well, half done. The reboot hangs after the keyboard lights flash and
before the BIOS screen shows... I have to power off by the button and
power on again. And that doesn't always work.
I've been watching this thread, and I think you might be facing a
hardwa
> Well, half done. The reboot hangs after the keyboard lights flash and
> before the BIOS screen shows... I have to power off by the button and
> power on again. And that doesn't always work.
I've been watching this thread, and I think you might be facing a
hardware problem there. If the mach
Florian Kulzer wrote:
I see. I only hopped into this thread after the post in which you asked
about the KDE power control settings and the error messages about the
incomplete ACPI installation. From that I got the impression that you
wanted to activate these laptop-specific ACPI features in KDE.
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 19:34:27 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >ACPI seems to be broken for you. Are there any "helpful" error messages
> >during boot? Try to run
> >
> >dmesg | grep -i acpi
> >
> >ACPI can be a real pain in the neck on some hardware. Your best bet is
> >probably to
Florian Kulzer wrote:
ACPI seems to be broken for you. Are there any "helpful" error messages
during boot? Try to run
dmesg | grep -i acpi
ACPI can be a real pain in the neck on some hardware. Your best bet is
probably to go to tuxmobil.org and see how far other people have gotten
with your lap
Florian Kulzer wrote:
ACPI seems to be broken for you. Are there any "helpful" error messages
during boot? Try to run
dmesg | grep -i acpi
ACPI can be a real pain in the neck on some hardware. Your best bet is
probably to go to tuxmobil.org and see how far other people have gotten
with your lap
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 23:58:48 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >I think that KDE should recognize that the AC adapter and the battery
> >ACPI modules are loaded. Let's check some ACPI functions: Do you have
> >the /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ and /proc/acpi/battery/ directories? Test if
>
Florian Kulzer wrote:
I think that KDE should recognize that the AC adapter and the battery
ACPI modules are loaded. Let's check some ACPI functions: Do you have
the /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ and /proc/acpi/battery/ directories? Test if
you can do things like:
(The sub-directories might have diff
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 06:49:15 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
[...]
> >Try to modprobe "ac", "power" and "battery" and check if that makes any
> >difference.
> acpi-related modules in lsmod;
>
> thermal12816 0
> fan 4044 0
> button
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 19:23:55 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
Liam O'Toole wrote:
I don't know of a module called 'power'. Try this command to find
power-related modules:
find /lib/modules/$(uname-r) -name *power*
I ran the command;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ find /l
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 19:23:55 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote:
> >I don't know of a module called 'power'. Try this command to find
> >power-related modules:
> >
> >find /lib/modules/$(uname-r) -name *power*
>
> I ran the command;
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ find /lib/modules/$(uname
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 08:12:59AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 22:54, Wulfy wrote:
Is there any way to check the power supply's wattage without opening the
case?
Yes, but it generally requires lightning for approximately the same
Liam O'Toole wrote:
I don't know of a module called 'power'. Try this command to find
power-related modules:
find /lib/modules/$(uname-r) -name *power*
I ran the command;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ find /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -name *power*
/lib/modules/2.6.8-3-k7/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/c
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 08:12:59AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 August 2006 22:54, Wulfy wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to check the power supply's wattage without opening the
> > case?
>
> Yes, but it generally requires lightning for approximately the same reasons
> changing a moth
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 22:54, Wulfy wrote:
> Is there any way to check the power supply's wattage without opening the
> case?
Yes, but it generally requires lightning for approximately the same reasons
changing a motherboard without opening the case requires high
explosives. :o)
--
Paul J
On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 13:34 +0200, Alexander Farber wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have same problem with my dual-PIII HP Kayak XAs (dmesg attached
> below) running Debian 3.1 r2 and kernel-image-2 2.6.8-16sarge4.
>
> Could you please elaborate, how could I use APM instead of ACPI?
>
> Regards
> Alex
My
Hello,
I have same problem with my dual-PIII HP Kayak XAs (dmesg attached
below) running Debian 3.1 r2 and kernel-image-2 2.6.8-16sarge4.
Could you please elaborate, how could I use APM instead of ACPI?
Regards
Alex
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On 8/8/06, Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Y
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:49:15 +0100
Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 23:27:06 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> >
> >> Further to the last e-mail:
> >>
> >> I removed apm using aptitude, it removed libapm0 and
> >> powermgmt-base as well. Then I checked i
Wulfy wrote:
I have one 80GiB(? new units I think?) HD and a CDROM. nVidia video
card. There's not a lot attached... I hope it's not power supply
related... :(
Is there any way to check the power supply's wattage without opening the
case?
Possibly. Look in the back where the power cab
Wulfy wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Wulfy wrote:
I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in
the UK, my box kept crashing. So I had to reboot a lot. I noticed that
Define "very hot weather". We've been two weeks now hitting a high
over 100F (38C) here in Texas.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 04:46:39PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 11:39, Wulfy wrote:
I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in
the UK, my box kept crashing. So I had to reboot a lot. I noticed that
when I
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 23:27:06 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
Further to the last e-mail:
I removed apm using aptitude, it removed libapm0 and powermgmt-base as
well. Then I checked in my BIOS setup and there's no mention anywhere
of apm though acpi defaults to S1 (I think th
Mike McCarty wrote:
Wulfy wrote:
I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in
the UK, my box kept crashing. So I had to reboot a lot. I noticed that
Define "very hot weather". We've been two weeks now hitting a high
over 100F (38C) here in Texas.
[snip]
Mike
Som
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 04:46:39PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 August 2006 11:39, Wulfy wrote:
>
> > I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in
> > the UK, my box kept crashing. So I had to reboot a lot. I noticed that
> > when I hit the power switch, it
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 11:39, Wulfy wrote:
> I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in
> the UK, my box kept crashing. So I had to reboot a lot. I noticed that
> when I hit the power switch, it didn't always "catch", the power supply
> and fan started but the boot
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 00:07, Serena Cantor wrote:
> Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power cord.
Or you could hold the power button down for four seconds after it says System
Halted.
> Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.
Same with Debian. Make sure apm is turned on.
--
Pa
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 23:27:06 +0100, Wulfy wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote:
> >I suspect that the kernel has acpi enabled. You can check by seeing
> >if the directory /proc/acpi exists and is populated. To use apm,
> >you will need to disable acpi. You do this by passing the argument
> >'acpi=off'
Wulfy wrote:
I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in
the UK, my box kept crashing. So I had to reboot a lot. I noticed that
Define "very hot weather". We've been two weeks now hitting a high
over 100F (38C) here in Texas.
[snip]
Mike
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Liam O'Toole wrote:
I suspect that the kernel has acpi enabled. You can check by seeing
if the directory /proc/acpi exists and is populated. To use apm,
you will need to disable acpi. You do this by passing the argument
'acpi=off' to the kernel, either on the grub command line or in the
grub con
Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:39:59 +0100
Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in
the UK, my box kept crashing.
Not something we have to worry about very often :-)
True! :)
[...]
I followed the abo
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:39:59 +0100
Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:53:29 -0700 (PDT)
> > Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Thanks! I use sarge's default kernel, 2.4.
> >>
> >> It seems that I would wait for Debian 4.0, which u
Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:53:29 -0700 (PDT)
Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks! I use sarge's default kernel, 2.4.
It seems that I would wait for Debian 4.0, which use
kernel 2.6, in Dec, 2006
APM (Advanced Power Management) should work with that kernel.
Serena Cantor wrote:
I installed kernel 2.6 in the past, it has many
problems. Thanks to other nice guys, the problem is
solved. Thanks anyway!
> You are right. My PC is old, I try apm, it works!
Maybe your kernel 2.6 problems will be gone as well on using apm?
Just guessing, but you could try
On 08.08.06 06:21, Serena Cantor wrote:
> You are right. My PC is old, I try apm, it works!
I have an old PC (Dell Optiplex GX1 - P3/500). I forcibly loaded ACPI module
and it works. I can turn off the machine, even using power button.
This probably won't work on all PC's, but if you don't mind t
You are right. My PC is old, I try apm, it works!
Thanks!
--- Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Serena Cantor wrote:
> > Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power
> cord.
> > Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.
> >
> > How should I do? Thanks!
>
> This is usually a problem with co
Serena Cantor wrote:
> Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power cord.
> Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.
>
> How should I do? Thanks!
This is usually a problem with computer made before 2001 (Pentium 3 and
older). In these cases you have to use apm instead of acpi.
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On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 12:07:42AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote:
> Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power cord.
> Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.
>
> How should I do? Thanks!
Hi Serena,
these are related to apm/acpi support for power management. You need to
load the correct kerne
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:53:29 -0700 (PDT)
Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks! I use sarge's default kernel, 2.4.
>
> It seems that I would wait for Debian 4.0, which use
> kernel 2.6, in Dec, 2006
APM (Advanced Power Management) should work with that kernel. Is the
apm module alread
On 08/08/2006 02:21 AM, Mirco Piccin wrote:
Hi Serena!
Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power cord.
Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.
Which Kernel are u using?
It happens also to me, using kernel 2.4.x (in some machine, of course, not
in all).
After upgrading to kernel 2.6.x
Mirco Piccin wrote:
If you want you can install Debian Sarge 3.1 with kernel 2.6 simply tiping
"linux26" at the boot prompt (during the installation, of course).
No need for a new installation. You can install a 2.6 kernel via
aptitude/apt-get. Read the instructions for upgrading the kernel in
Hi again!Thanks! I use sarge's default kernel,
2.4.It seems that I would wait for Debian 4.0, which usekernel 2.6, in Dec, 2006If you want you can install Debian Sarge 3.1 with kernel 2.6 simply tiping "linux26" at the boot prompt (during the installation, of course).
Bye!
Thanks! I use sarge's default kernel, 2.4.
It seems that I would wait for Debian 4.0, which use
kernel 2.6, in Dec, 2006
--- Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Serena!
>
> }} Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power
> cord.
> }} Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.
>
> W
Hi Serena!}} Every time I shutdown, I have to unplug power cord.}} Other distro, such as mandrake can poweroff.Which Kernel are u using?It happens also to me, using kernel 2.4.x (in some machine, of course, not in all).
After upgrading to kernel 2.6.x , this problem seems to be solved (for me, but
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