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bjoern@stabell.priv.no > > apm_bios: set display ready: Unrecognized device ID > > > >to the console and syslog. > > > >Have anyone managed to get rid of this in a proper way? I.e., make > >Linux recognize the 701C device ID or whatever it takes? Or, is > >anyone running Linux on their 701C and not experiencing this problem? > > David Bateman: > Which kernel version are you using? There has been some reports > that the APM blank screen option in the 2.0 kernels (probably earlier 1.3 > kernels as well) can cause problems. So a suggestion might be to experiment > with the APM options when building the kernel. > > David I have a DEC HiNote Ultra DX4/75 and my syslog has not seen the problem since Linux version 1.3.57 and APM BIOS version 1.1 Flags 0x13 (Driver version 0.6b). When upgrading to 2.0 I switched on more (all) APM-options and that might be the reason. Have you enabled CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK ? My preset setup is (/usr/src/linux/.config) : CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF=y Olav