Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 11:23:29 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: rdls@rdls.net Cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sony Z505SX and suspend (was Re: FreeBSD v4.1R on laptops) Message-ID: <200009051823.LAA02454@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:48:27 BST." <39B4EB9B.BB195C47@trltech.co.uk>
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> > Oh, this reminds me of an odd problem I encounter only sometimes when > > using `shutdown -p'. The operating system halts and the VAIO shuts down > > /almost/. One of the little LEDs stays on and the fan is still going. > > I have to unplug power & battery to actually power off. The next time I > > boot, fsck finds the file systems clean, which is good and indicates > > to me that we get through the operating system shutdown. > > FWIW I've seen this /once/ on my Dell Inspiron 7500 running > 5.0-20000506-CURRENT. > Richard. APM became less reliable at powering off a little while back. The ACPI support should improve things shortly (be careful though, as at the moment it doesn't do thermal control, and your i7500 *needs* that). -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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