From: Ronan Waide (waider at domain waider.ie)
Date: Thu 19 Sep 2002 - 08:25:03 IST
On September 18, kevin+dated+1032821820.b406bc at domain ie.suberic.net said:
> ok, i have a compaq 305 laptop which since installing rh7.3 has played
> nicely with apm. well, generally nicely. slight issue with harddrive
> or wireless card not sleeping quickly enough. but otherwise ok.
>
> however, when i pull the power lead out from the laptop (not from the
> wall) sometimes - 1 out of 5 times - the laptop shuts off. i do note
> that linux adjusts lcd brightness and some other things. could it be
> an os issue, or is it a wonky hardware issue?
>
> kevin
Funny you should mention that - mine is doing similar lately. Try
disabling DRI in your X setup, if it's enabled. Also, whine loudly on
bugzilla.redhat.com. I'm pretty sure it's an X issue.
Cheers,
Waider.
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