Re: Very strange behavior of the special keys on a IBM T40

Kevin Oberman writes:

>> From: "Nikolay Denev" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:40:27 +0300
>> Sender: [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Arne Schwabe" <[email protected]>
>> To: "Peter Schuller" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: Very strange behavior of the special keys on a IBM T40
>> 
>> 
>> > Arne Schwabe <[email protected]> writes:
>> >
>> >
>> > >>> Would you by any chance be running with an extra ultra bay battery in
>> place on
>> > >>> the CD/DVD? If so, try removing it (and rebooting). If you're having
>> the same
>> > >>> problem I have on my T40p, that should eliminate the hangs. As a
>> result I'm
>> > >>> almost never using the extra battery :(
>> > >>
>> > >> I have a extra ultra bay battery but I makes no difference. :/
>> > >>
>> > >> Could you send me your kernel config, maybe I have something weird in
>> > >> my config?
>> > >
>> > > Okay, I tried your kernel config but the same result brightness
>> > > up/down freezes the kernel.
>> > >
>> > > Without acpi the kernel freezes after something like 1-2 minutes :(
>> >
>> > Well, I "narrowed" it down, my notebook is now *real* crazy, even with
>> > a 5.2.1 kernel (which worked :/) it now shows this behavior.  I have
>> > now absoluty no idea what I could try next :/
>> >
>> > Arne
>> > -- 
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>> 
>> I've had exactly the same problem with my X31,
>> the solution that worked for me was to disable 'IDE2' with the 'PS' utility
>> that can be found on
>> IBM's site.(nasty DOS based, boot floppy image, that gives you advanced
>> options not available in the BIOS)
>> After this everything woks perfectly, i can turn up/down the volume and use
>> the keyboard light.
>> 
>> I hope that this info will help you.
> 
> Just a nit, but it could save some wasted time.
> 
> The BIOS configuration utility for most ThinkPads is PS2, not PS. It is
> a DOS tool, but will not work with WINE, DOSCMD, or any other DOS
> emulator I have seen. You really need to make a DOS disk with he
> executable on it.
> 
> If you have the Windows software that came on your system, PS2 is
> available from the DOS command tool. Try 'PS2 ?' for a summary.
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Yes, it's called PS2. My mistake.

--niki

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