Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 08:25:38 +0300 From: Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very strange behavior of the special keys on a IBM T40 Message-ID: <cone.1085462738.527597.603.1001@phobos.totalterror.net> References: <20040524185610.A9D465D09@ptavv.es.net>
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This is a MIME GnuPG-signed message. If you see this text, it means that your E-mail or Usenet software does not support MIME signed messages. --=_mimegpg-phobos.totalterror.net-603-1085462738-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kevin Oberman writes: >> From: "Nikolay Denev" <nike_d@cytexbg.com> >> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:40:27 +0300 >> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Arne Schwabe" <arne@rfc2549.org> >> To: "Peter Schuller" <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> >> Cc: <acpi@freebsd.org>; <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> >> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:56 PM >> Subject: Re: Very strange behavior of the special keys on a IBM T40 >> >> >> > Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> writes: >> > >> > >> > >>> Would you by any chance be running with an extra ultra bay battery in >> place on >> > >>> the CD/DVD? If so, try removing it (and rebooting). If you're having >> the same >> > >>> problem I have on my T40p, that should eliminate the hangs. As a >> result I'm >> > >>> almost never using the extra battery :( >> > >> >> > >> I have a extra ultra bay battery but I makes no difference. :/ >> > >> >> > >> Could you send me your kernel config, maybe I have something weird in >> > >> my config? >> > > >> > > Okay, I tried your kernel config but the same result brightness >> > > up/down freezes the kernel. >> > > >> > > Without acpi the kernel freezes after something like 1-2 minutes :( >> > >> > Well, I "narrowed" it down, my notebook is now *real* crazy, even with >> > a 5.2.1 kernel (which worked :/) it now shows this behavior. I have >> > now absoluty no idea what I could try next :/ >> > >> > Arne >> > -- >> > Ah, the beauty of OSS. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide volunteering >> > their time inventing and implementing new exciting ways of old fashioned >> wheels. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > >> >> I've had exactly the same problem with my X31, >> the solution that worked for me was to disable 'IDE2' with the 'PS' utility >> that can be found on >> IBM's site.(nasty DOS based, boot floppy image, that gives you advanced >> options not available in the BIOS) >> After this everything woks perfectly, i can turn up/down the volume and use >> the keyboard light. >> >> I hope that this info will help you. > > Just a nit, but it could save some wasted time. > > The BIOS configuration utility for most ThinkPads is PS2, not PS. It is > a DOS tool, but will not work with WINE, DOSCMD, or any other DOS > emulator I have seen. You really need to make a DOS disk with he > executable on it. > > If you have the Windows software that came on your system, PS2 is > available from the DOS command tool. Try 'PS2 ?' for a summary. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Yes, it's called PS2. My mistake. --niki --=_mimegpg-phobos.totalterror.net-603-1085462738-0001 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAstjSHNAJ/fLbfrkRAklfAJwOKieVh5riEl0iQWBYEo81nK5bIgCfWoH4 tnndGSvrWVwoQGTxLDogu60= =HK1X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_mimegpg-phobos.totalterror.net-603-1085462738-0001--
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