Firebird -> Firefox -> veer to left: Athlon

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:59:06 -0500 (EST)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > > > > #2
> > > > > I cannot use any power management or the system stops cold after
> > > > > some minutes. So I have to run the kernel without it and not start
> > > > > any programs to do so. So I do not get a peep when the battery is
> > > > > low. I also suspect that in the absence of power management the CPU
> > > > > is running at its slowest speed.
> > > >
> > > > which kernel version are you using?  Does this box use apm or acpi or
> > > > both?
> > >
> > > I an mot using ACPI or APM. The kernel is 2.4.21-166-athlon, which is
> > > SUSE's latest Athlon kernel for SUSE 9.
> >
> > If you're not using APM or ACPI, then what are you using when the "system
> > stops cold after some minutes"?
>
>
> When I first did the install, I was using ACPI, which is what SUSE 9 likes
> to set up. Then I had the freezes. I then did a re-install without ACPI,
> which SUSE 9 offers as an install option. The runtime freezes went away.
> What remains are the freezes I mentioned earlier when I shut down the system
> of do virtual terminal switches (direct or via a program).

ACPI support in anything before 2.4.22 was very badly broken, and
bordering on non-existant.  I'd suggest 2.4.24 or 2.6.x if you want decent
ACPI support.

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