[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop switches.

[jeremyb@univista.com]

 Steve,
 snoop around in the BIOS and disable the power saving features you find.
APMD doesn't play well with others (BIOS power management) in my experience.
As far as the reset switch goes; most of these require you to hold them in
for
10 seconds or more.  ...One push won't do it.

hope this helps,
  Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Cox
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Sent: 7/28/02 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop switches.

Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> I've just acquired a Fujitsu C Series LifeBook laptop - cheap - but
without
> documentation.
> 
> I installed SuSE 7.0 on it by booting from the DVD drive - and it all 
> worked
> with remarkably little trouble. ...Except that the whole business of 
> starting
> and stopping the machine seems a little 'off'.
> 
...snip...
> 
> Clearly there is something badly wrong here - but I'm not sure where
to
> go about investigating this.
> 
> Any ideas?

Just guesses.  You might experiement with APM and ACPI.  Most kernels
assume
APM support... try recompiling your kernel for ACPI instead and see if
it behaves better.  The problem with ACPI is that it is still very much
in its infancy with regards to Linux (well... actually with regards to
everything!).

Surely there is a Linux laptop page for the Fujitsu Lifebook ... how
about:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/fujitsu.html

HTH,
Chris






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