On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, jerry ely wrote: > I have found that removing the power cord and battery are almost never > required. (even though it looks so) > Depending on the model you can do the following: > Hold the FN-key while using the power button. This does not work with > wake/sleep or whatever its called button. Also, some laptops will poweroff > if the power button is held for 4-5 seconds solid. (DESKTOPS TOO) I have > worked with hundreds of laptops and have only actually needed to pull > battery for 1. I offer this to everyone since pulling the power can be a > violent act for the laptop or desktop resulting in further problems like > blasting the config or worse. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Morse" <kgmorse@mpcu.com> > > > > This laptop locks up hard when X starts, to the point where I have to > > remove the power cord and the battery. RedHat exhibited this behaviour on > > versions 7.2 and 7.3 also. I'm wondering if anyone had pointers to > > resolve this dilemma. Thanks Actually I did. This is the oddest behaviour I've seen with a pc and linux. What gets me is that MS W2K and XP seem to have no problem with the laptop. I've got two of these and they both exhibit this behaviour. I am assuming it is a compatability issue with the X-server for that chipset and the laptop.
