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Date:      Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:12:08 +1000 (EST)
From:      Tony Maher <tonymaher@optushome.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@guldan.demon.nl
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compaq Evo N610c
Message-ID:  <200307190112.h6J1C86M060110@dt.home>
In-Reply-To: <20030718205155.GP22004@bombur.guldan.demon.nl>

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Robert,

>> debug.acpi.disable="cmbat"
>
> I did this today, mmm seems something is working (work around). But
> battery stats an apm like monitoring of the battery is not working any
> more. So what happens if the battery is empty? just system shutdown
> without saving of the memory and so?

This is expected since we are disabling battery acpi subsystem.
And yes there is a downside :-(
I'll test to see exactly what happens.

>> Minor glitches:
>> Switching to and from X can result in screen not being properly sync'd.
>> Switching back and forth beween X and console or closing lid often fixes it
>> but not always.
>
> Those glitches  are "known" it seems older ComPaQ laptops had the same
> issues long time ago.=20

Ok. Are they 'unfixable' or no-one with sufficent vga knowledge has
one of these?

> Under 4.8 all works with my setup. I have to use 4.8 at home because of
> wireless access ....

Ok, good to know. I think I'll try to stick with -Current for now.

thanks
--
tonym



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