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Roman Jordan | 4 Feb 2004 21:07
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question about kernel 2.6.1

Hi,
i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
device.
The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.

Any suggestions where to start solving?

Best regards,
Roman Jordan

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Sebastian Henschel | 5 Feb 2004 10:32
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Re: question about kernel 2.6.1

moin roman..

* Roman Jordan <RomanJordan <at> gmx.de> [2004-02-05 10:01 +0100]:
> Hi,
> i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
> I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
> After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
> system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
> device.
> The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.
> 
> Any suggestions where to start solving?

yes, check the latest acpi patch:
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/release/2.6.1/acpi-20040116-2.6.1.diff.bz2

or better take 2.6.2 which already includes the (currently) latest
patch.

hth,
 sebastian
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bill davidsen | 11 Feb 2004 14:31

Re: question about kernel 2.6.1

In article <1075925263.2952.29.camel <at> darkstar>,
Roman Jordan  <RomanJordan <at> gmx.de> wrote:
| Hi,
| i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
| I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
| After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
| system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
| device.
| The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.
| 
| Any suggestions where to start solving?

1 - try 2.6.2
2 - try APM instead of ACPI
3 - try the patch posted here recently
4 - google for the "laptop patch"
5 - try the absolute latest ACPI patch (URL recently posted)
6 - stay with 2.4 unless there's something you really need in 2.6
7 - APM has a "use real mode shutdown" option, try that
8 - reboot into 2.4 and then shutdown

With all of the 2.6 features backported to 2.4 in Redhat kernels, the
benefits are fairly small for most people.
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Roman Jordan | 11 Feb 2004 21:35
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Re: question about kernel 2.6.1

Thanks a lot for your help.
I have installed the kernel 2.6.2, use PM (instead of ACPI) and i use
the real mode bios jump for shutdown. And now the things are working. At
the moment not in all cases, but i hope it will be better.

Greetings,
Roman Jordan

Am Mit, 2004-02-11 um 14.31 schrieb bill davidsen:
> In article <1075925263.2952.29.camel <at> darkstar>,
> Roman Jordan  <RomanJordan <at> gmx.de> wrote:
> | Hi,
> | i have a sony PCG-FX505 laptop (ati graphic and 1,2 GHz mobile athlon).
> | I use fedora linux version 1.0. The system runs o.k.
> | After the installation of the kernel version 2.6.1 i can't shutdown the
> | system. The commands 'halt' and 'poweroff' doesn't switch off the
> | device.
> | The display is black, but the LEDs are still on.
> | 
> | Any suggestions where to start solving?
> 
> 1 - try 2.6.2
> 2 - try APM instead of ACPI
> 3 - try the patch posted here recently
> 4 - google for the "laptop patch"
> 5 - try the absolute latest ACPI patch (URL recently posted)
> 6 - stay with 2.4 unless there's something you really need in 2.6
> 7 - APM has a "use real mode shutdown" option, try that
> 8 - reboot into 2.4 and then shutdown
>
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bill davidsen | 11 Feb 2004 23:03

IBM G40 networking?

I just got a call from a friend who has to get a laptop identified as an
"IBM G40" unit. I haven't quickly found any info on that, can someone
give me a pointer to info on the network setup? He says it has a
10/100/1000 and wireless capability, but can only find one NIC. Since
he's a timezone away I can't just play with it, hopefully someone has a
bit of info on this.
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José Eduardo Martins | 12 Feb 2004 20:37
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Re: IBM G40 networking?

Greetings!

He has a 10/100/1000 chip. Not three chips of 10/100/1000 each.

If he has linux aready installed, just 'cat /proc/pci' to see the 
chipset. Then, check if there is a driver.

bill davidsen wrote:
> I just got a call from a friend who has to get a laptop identified as an
> "IBM G40" unit. I haven't quickly found any info on that, can someone
> give me a pointer to info on the network setup? He says it has a
> 10/100/1000 and wireless capability, but can only find one NIC. Since
> he's a timezone away I can't just play with it, hopefully someone has a
> bit of info on this.

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Bill Davidsen | 16 Feb 2004 12:57

Re: IBM G40 networking?

José Eduardo Martins wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> He has a 10/100/1000 chip. Not three chips of 10/100/1000 each.
> 
> If he has linux aready installed, just 'cat /proc/pci' to see the 
> chipset. Then, check if there is a driver.

I would presume that with wireless and GbaseT he has two controllers, he 
wants the wireless off. He had already done lspci and found only one 
controller, someone in the office suggested that the wireless might be a 
built-in PCMCIA card or something, set with card management. Might be, 
but the moment passed, thanks anyway. Windows can see two controllers, 
unfortunately.
> 
> bill davidsen wrote:
> 
>> I just got a call from a friend who has to get a laptop identified as an
>> "IBM G40" unit. I haven't quickly found any info on that, can someone
>> give me a pointer to info on the network setup? He says it has a
>> 10/100/1000 and wireless capability, but can only find one NIC. Since
>> he's a timezone away I can't just play with it, hopefully someone has a
>> bit of info on this.
> 
> 

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José Eduardo Martins | 16 Feb 2004 15:24
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Re: IBM G40 networking?

I was too snappy with my answer not giving my self enough time to 
understand the problem correctly. For that, please accept my appologies.

I understand now that he can't find the wireless controller. Yes, he 
might need pcmcia enabled. But the network interface only appears after 
the driver is running. Until that, not even the list in /proc/pci lists 
a Network Controller. Only a Unknown Device. This is until the kernel 
has previous information about the vendor and device ID.

It's possible that its something embbeded with Centrino technology. If 
that is correct, please se page http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ for 
more details. I can't explain in more detail, because I never needed to 
make that work. I know it works because I know people that made it work.
Not being embbeded with Centrino, I can't realy help much. This being, I 
suggest that it copies the name of the device under Windows and search 
about compatibility with Orinoco, acx100_pci ou other driver.

How now it helps.

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> José Eduardo Martins wrote:
> 
>> Greetings!
>>
>> He has a 10/100/1000 chip. Not three chips of 10/100/1000 each.
>>
>> If he has linux aready installed, just 'cat /proc/pci' to see the 
>> chipset. Then, check if there is a driver.
> 
>
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