Re: [newbie] Laptop hp ze4325us boot freeze solved on 10.1 community (acpi) and wlan--Thanks to all
A big thank you to all who helped me. I am sitting in my Lazyboy sending this from a linux box that for the first time since Mandrake 7.2 does everything I want it to do. I am going to enjoy this for a few weeks and then when I get 10.1 Official I will try breaking it by building a kernel with ACPI support and getting the built in ACX100 driver to work. I am currently using the Linuxant package and it works quite well and was easy to install. Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop hp ze4325us boot freeze solved on 10.1 community (acpi)
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Pat Patterson wrote: This did not seem to go through the first time. Fixed this and thought I would report it here and in twiki. HP ze4325us Athlon chip, Ali chipset, Radeon video. UNknown motherboard. This machine installed 10.0 great. Under 10.1 installs and freezes on reboot. I tried noapic noalpic noacpi nodma and none worked. What works is: linux acpi=off Once it boots add acpi=off to lilo. After I got it working I did a clean install. I found out that if you scroll down when you get to the final setup screen there is an entry for boot. Unchecking the acpi enabled button, solves the problem. Sounds similar to my Compaq 2100's issues. I was able to setup/load a custom DSDT, which solved the ACPI and related problems. (Although prism54 still doesn't work as I hit the usual, mfg changed internals but kept the same product number. Ndiswrapper works for me, from sourceforge.) Some help on setting up a DSDT: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/HardwareHowTo#ACPI_Custom_DSDT HTH, -- Stew Benedict Mandrakesoft --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop hp ze4325us boot freeze solved on 10.1 community (acpi)
Sounds similar to my Compaq 2100's issues. I was able to setup/load a custom DSDT, which solved the ACPI and related problems. (Although prism54 still doesn't work as I hit the usual, mfg changed internals but kept the same product number. Ndiswrapper works for me, from sourceforge.) Some help on setting up a DSDT: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/HardwareHowTo#ACPI_Cust om_DSDT HTH, -- Stew Benedict Mandrakesoft Tried ndiswrapper had some problems. Am working on using the on board acx100_pci. If it doesn't work I will try it again. thanks for the acpi tip I will make that my next project. Currently I am trying the linuxant package and at least it fires up the card and lets me confgure it Once I get it running I will try an open source solution Thanks, Pat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop hp ze4325us boot freeze solved on 10.1 community (acpi)
Pat Patterson wrote: This did not seem to go through the first time. Fixed this and thought I would report it here and in twiki. HP ze4325us Athlon chip, Ali chipset, Radeon video. UNknown motherboard. This machine installed 10.0 great. Under 10.1 installs and freezes on reboot. I tried noapic noalpic noacpi nodma and none worked. What works is: linux acpi=off Once it boots add acpi=off to lilo. After I got it working I did a clean install. I found out that if you scroll down when you get to the final setup screen there is an entry for boot. Unchecking the acpi enabled button, solves the problem. Still cannot get a wireless card to work. It is recognized but does not seem to come on. I wi ask question after I have tried a few things but if anyone has any words of wisdom they will be welcome :-) Does anyone know if having acpi of effects wireless? Pat Hi Pat, I highly recommend that you recompile your Kernel 2.6.8.x and you'll be able to get acpi working. It's important to have it working so that your fan doesn't have to work so hard. You'll be able to turn down your clock speed to extend battery life. Which chipset is your wifi? I've used Ndiswrapper to get my wifi working on my ze4560us but it loses connectivity when I go beyond 10 feet. In windows its range is around 60 feet. I'm still trying to solve the instability of Ndiswrapper. When compiling that kernel, say No to apic. Good luck, Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
