Brian McKee wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 8-Jan-08, at 1:26 PM, Brian McKee wrote: > > > I have a PC here (mainboard IBM 819966U) running Etch that seems > >to hang after sitting idle for a long period of time. > >It didn't have this problem previously when using Mandrake 10.1 > >although I have changed some of the hardware since then. > >It _seems like_ the hard drives are the issue - they don't spin > >back up and any attempt at logging in at the console times out. > > > >It looks like the problem goes away if I change the suspend type to > >S1 instead of S3 in the BIOS, although I thought Linux overrode the > >BIOS when using ACPI? > > > > OK - so much for that idea - this morning as soon as I touched the > keyboard it started a long single continuous tone and never stopped. > Won't shutdown either. The hunt continues.... > > Brian >
might try adding acpi=off noapic to the kernel line in grub. I've got an 8311CCU and fiddled with the bios for a few weeks to no avail. The above fixed it. HTH, Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]