Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:27:04 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: shibumi@cisco.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APM on ThinkPad 380? Message-ID: <19981117092704.J20936@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <199811152013.MAA06217@thyme.cisco.com>; from Kenton A. Hoover on Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 12:13:05PM -0800 References: <19981115162619.63931@goatsucker.org> <199811152013.MAA06217@thyme.cisco.com>
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On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 12:13:05PM -0800, Kenton A. Hoover wrote: > You're SOL. Its something caused by the Windows 98 compatable BIOSes > for the ThinkPads. You might try going to the IBM FTP site and discover if > you can get a backrev BIOS that doesn't have this problem. However, the > later 560X, 600 and 600E all have this problem. > > The only lead I have found so far is that the kernel APM driver never sees > a SUSPEND event coming from the BIOS when the key sequence is hit. I've > been trying to get some more information on this out of IBM. > Some further investigation revealed that the ThinkPad (claims to) have a 1.2 APM BIOS. That should of course be back compatible with the 1.1 driver in FreeBSD, but you never know. I guess there are lots of IBM extension in the APM BIOS that they don't want to tell us about.... If I'm feeling brave/desparate I might try your suggestion of downgrading the BIOS. Could you let me know if you manage to get anything useful out of IBM? Many thanks, Scott. > > --GYHOYXEY6WxJCY8h > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Just wondering if anyone has managed to get suspend/resume (with or without > > PAO) working on any IBM ThinkPad 380 series machine? On my 380D, > > > > - apm -z doesn't suspend, but locks the machine. > > - suspend through hotkeys or closing the lid works, but the machine locks > > on resume. > > > > Shutdown -x works just fine, as does the PCCARD stuff. I get the same > > behaviour with and without PAO, with and without PC cards in the slots. > > I've tried knocking it back to APM1.0 mode -- no luck. Avoiding conflicts > > with the built in sound card (from the FAQ) -- no luck. Running with > > APM_DEBUG turned on didn't reveal anything that jumped out at me and said > > 'this is broken'. This is all under 2.2.7R, with PAO-980913. > > > > Everything works fine under Win95 and DOS. The 380 is a bit weird in that > > there is no access to the APM settings from the BIOS setup -- it's all done > > through a DOS utility or the Win95 power management panel. > > > > Any clues? Or am I SOL here? I've attached my kernel config and dmesg > > output in case these are of any use. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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