Re: linux on toshiba laptop

From: Brian (brian_at_N0_SPAMbrianwsnyder.com)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:30:42 -0500

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:38:59 +0000, Harold Vine wrote:

> i run xandros oce 2.0 on a toshiba 1805-s204 laptop.
>
> some things that i can't seem to get working properly are:
>
> dpms: display wont power off after x amount of minutes have passed. the
> display always stays on, either ac powered or battery powered.
>
> under power control in the control panel: it says acpi suspend/standby is
> not supported. is this maybe a xandros unsupported thing? could i used
> another distro that would?
>
> because of this i find i cannot close the top and have the laptop go to
> sleep suspend/standby. it stays on all the time unless i tell it to shut
> down, which it does.
>
> i cannot "restart" the computer. i must shutdown, then use the power button.
> no biggie, but i think it all has to do with acpi not working.
>
> should i switch distos? what could i do to get these things working?
>
> thanks!

If you're booting with lilo, try append="nolapic" to lilo.conf.

     Brian

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