From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:26:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:26:36 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:17294 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:26:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:26:05 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: Daniel Gryniewicz Cc: Andrew Burgess , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tyan S2462 reboot problems Message-ID: <20020410002604.F13463@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <200204091917.g39JHpe15914@athlon.cichlid.com> <20020409161412.777aec9a.dang@fprintf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 04:14:12PM -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: > Hi. > > No, I doubt this has anything to do with Linux. I have a S2460 > (which his corrected post says he has), which does not power down > under linux, and *never* warm boots cleanly. It does power down under > windows, so I assume ACPI powerdown works and APM does not. I have > gone under the assumption that a BIOS upgrade will fix this, but that > involves putting a floppy into the box, so I haven't done it yet. The > warm boot problems consist of either a hang after POST (but before > bootloader, OS irrelevent), or really bad video corruption. I don't > know if it boot with the video corruption, I've never let it try. Uhm, no, you don't need a floppy in your computer to upgrade the BIOS; I upgraded it for this TYAN 2466 today, using /dev/bios and it worked perfectly fine. That said, using the in-kernel ACPI should probably work for powerdown. Regards: David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/