From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 11:40:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A68816A4CE for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 11:40:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns1.interbgc.com (mail.interbgc.com [217.9.224.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC08C43D45 for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 11:40:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nike_d@cytexbg.com) Received: (qmail 23804 invoked from network); 24 May 2004 18:40:25 -0000 Received: from nike_d@cytexbg.com by keeper.interbgc.com by uid 1002 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (uvscan: v4.1.60/v4335. spamassassin: 2.63. Clear:SA:0(-4.9/8.0):. Processed in 1.156747 secs); 24 May 2004 18:40:25 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=8.0 Received: from 213-240-206-214.ddns.cablebg.net (HELO tormentor.totalterror.net) (213.240.206.214) by mail.interbgc.com with SMTP; 24 May 2004 18:40:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 38667 invoked from network); 24 May 2004 18:39:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO niked) (10.0.0.3) by tormentor.totalterror.net with SMTP; 24 May 2004 18:39:03 -0000 Message-ID: <006501c441be$9564cf20$0300000a@niked> From: "Nikolay Denev" To: "Arne Schwabe" References: <863c5s20x9.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org><200405221635.05324.peter.schuller@infidyne.com><86wu349u54.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> <86hdu719bj.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:40:27 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very strange behavior of the special keys on a IBM T40 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 18:40:56 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arne Schwabe" To: "Peter Schuller" Cc: ; Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:56 PM Subject: Re: Very strange behavior of the special keys on a IBM T40 > Arne Schwabe writes: > > > >>> Would you by any chance be running with an extra ultra bay battery in place on > >>> the CD/DVD? If so, try removing it (and rebooting). If you're having the same > >>> problem I have on my T40p, that should eliminate the hangs. As a result I'm > >>> almost never using the extra battery :( > >> > >> I have a extra ultra bay battery but I makes no difference. :/ > >> > >> Could you send me your kernel config, maybe I have something weird in > >> my config? > > > > Okay, I tried your kernel config but the same result brightness > > up/down freezes the kernel. > > > > Without acpi the kernel freezes after something like 1-2 minutes :( > > Well, I "narrowed" it down, my notebook is now *real* crazy, even with > a 5.2.1 kernel (which worked :/) it now shows this behavior. I have > now absoluty no idea what I could try next :/ > > Arne > -- > Ah, the beauty of OSS. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide volunteering > their time inventing and implementing new exciting ways of old fashioned wheels. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I've had exactly the same problem with my X31, the solution that worked for me was to disable 'IDE2' with the 'PS' utility that can be found on IBM's site.(nasty DOS based, boot floppy image, that gives you advanced options not available in the BIOS) After this everything woks perfectly, i can turn up/down the volume and use the keyboard light. I hope that this info will help you. --Niki