On Mon 2006-12-18 14:11:58, Lex Ross wrote:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 13:45, you wrote:
> > > Dell Inspiron 5000 is really an APM BIOS machine with some early
> > > development ACPI interface support. It used to suspend perfectly with 2.4
> > > kernels and apmd.
> > >
> > > With 2.6 kernel which I am using now only acpi module can be inserted.
> >
> > Please find out exact release where APM stopped working, locate change
> > that made it stop working, find out what was wrong and submit a patch.
> The problem is not apmd but rather the kernel itself. Even when booted with
> acpi=off noapic parameters it failes to insert apm module:
I know.
> FATAL: Error inserting apm
> (/lib/modules/2.6.18-3-686/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.ko): No such device
>
> I just swithed from ALT Linux (2.6.12 kernel) distribution to Debian and
> cannot afford to install all previous kernels due to possible dependancy
> problems. This is a production machine after all. I tried 2.6.17 kernel, and
> it's just the same.
Debug it with printk, then.
> This is strange for the BIOS with full APM compatibility and just partial
> ACPI
> support. Any ideas? You may raise this issue with the kernel module
> developers to see what they have to say. Or is it just the Debian
> specific
There are not any APM developers left, AFAIK. You are welcome to
become one.
Pavel
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