Re: BIOS updates still matter

2004-08-31 Thread bscott
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, at 9:03am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But now it seems that the hardware is getting its own firmware and that > needs updating. Indeed. Some (rather esoteric) explanation, for those interested: The IBM-PC BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), strictly speaking, is the part

BIOS updates still matter

2004-08-31 Thread Mark Komarinski
So I got myself a new IBM X40 from work a few weeks ago and under Linux suspend and resume would cause the display to just plain freak. The various HOWTOs suggested that it was a result of ACPI not working properly, so I turned ACPI off and turned APM on. No change. Or rather, instead of a corru