Re: [ACPI-sppt] Pb on M2N rebooting linux after booting Windows XP

Hi,

> > No - but I guess it is ACPI again
> IMHO the problem is not ACPI itself, but the DSDT, again...

Yes ofcourse - you are probably right

> 
> > No - seriously - I found out, that if I reebot the machine without the
> > ac plugged in, the machine works fine. I guess it has to do with the
> > bios changing the power management scheme, i.e the dsdt.
> > 
> > In fact, this leads me to think, that this could have something to do
> > with a bios error which in turn means that linux is not allowed to
> > override the dsdt and hence reboots. But this is just a guess.
> I tried ur trick, Mads, but it doesn't work for me. What I'm doing is:
> - shutting down Windows
> - waiting at least 5 minutes
> - booting on Linux
> and all goes well.

I have only tried booting windows a couple of time, so it might be that
my method doesn't work. No guarantees here ;-)

> 
> Another striking thing is that there's another bug related to booting 
> Linux after Windows: in fact, if u've an USB ADSL modem based on 
> GlobeSpan chip, u need to unplug the modem when booting on Linux after 
> Windows, if not it doesn't work. I tried it by myself, as I had a D-Link 
> DSL-200 (other info at http://eciadsl.flashtux.org)
> 
> Thx, bye,
> Gismo / Luca
> 
> PS Mads, have u successfully installed and used the internal modem? 
> Because I can install it w/ the PCTel drivers 
> (http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/, mapped to /dev/ttyS15), 
> but I can't get it working. Oli has the same problem as me :-(

I have never even tried using the modem. I normally only use mylaptop in
locations with wired lan....

But I will take a look at your link and se if I can get it going...

Mads



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