Re: acpi patch for dell laptop?

From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse_at_wingnet.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:43:14 -0400
Eirik Oeverby wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:53:32 -0400
> Jesse Guardiani <jesse_at_wingnet.net> wrote:
> 
>> > And with ACPI disabled, the machine refuses totally to
>> > boot, it hangs at 'Mounting root from ...'. If I undock the machine,
>> > I can boot with and without ACPI, with the latter option being the
>> > only usable (stable) mode.
>> 
>> Just out of curiosity, have you tried setting
>> 
>> hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1
>> 
>> in your /boot/device.hints file? I've found that this option fixes
>> many unbootable laptops - especially thinkpads.
> 
> Hmm.. Yes, I think I have. Atleast it's in my device.hints file now -
> however I don't know if I tried docking it and booting without ACPI
> after I put that line in.. Perhaps I should try again, but my gut
> feeling tells me it's not gonna make any difference. Atleast as long as
> its undocked it had no effect on any of the other problems I'm
> experiencing.

Try again and let me know.


> 
> /Eirik

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Received on Mon Jun 23 2003 - 08:45:15 UTC

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