Messages in this thread | | | From | Matt_Domsch@Dell ... | Subject | RE: APM Problems | Date | Thu, 28 Sep 2000 19:56:49 -0500 |
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There is no APM support in the BIOS on the Dell Inspiron 5000e - it's ACPI only.
Thanks, Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Sightler [mailto:ttsig@tuxyturvy.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 3:59 PM > To: Linux-Kernel > Subject: APM Problems > > Hi All, > > I'm having a problem related to APM on my Dell Inspiron 5000e (just > arrived a few > days ago). I installed Redhat 7.0 and upon reboot was immediately > greeted by > scrolling oops screens. The system did boot on up and upon further > examintation > I found the errors were caused by the attempt to start apmd. Acutally, > any > access to /proc/apm would generate a non-fatal oops > (general protection > fault). > > I compiled a standard 2.2.17 and 2.4.0-test9-pre7 but both experience > exactly the > same symptom, any access to /proc/apm and you get an oops.
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