Re: Ubuntu laptop

[Tim Hart <codermsu@gmail.com>]

I assume it has something to do with the fact that I have ATI video. =(  

radeon 9550

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=56830&highlight=laptop+apci
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75443&highlight=laptop+apci
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24033&highlight=laptop+apci

Help anyone else deduce the situation?

Thanks

Tim

On 12/29/05, Tom Dison <fretinator@yahoo.com> wrote:

Well. it's for fedora 3, but maybe it will help:

http://www.kleyn.net/7422gx/gateway_7422gx.html

The other idea is to look at the command hdparm, but
you can do bad things with it!

--- Tim Hart <codermsu@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've setup ubuntu on my laptop and it runs fine,
> until power management
> spins down the drive and then anything tries to
> write to the drive.
>
> I turn acpi off, and then it boots and beeps
> constantly through the speakers
> (its the default "welcome" sound stuck in a loop)
> and it never completes
> booting.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> The notebook is gateway 7422 a64 3400+ .  I am using
> ubuntu 5.10 i386 .
>
> This has to be something obvious that I am missing.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim Hart
>


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