IBM Thinkpad T41p ACPI trouble.

[Nate Lawson]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <40F258AF.3020609 at root.org>, Nate Lawson writes:
> 
>>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>
>>>I bought a Thinkpad T41p some weeks back, and to my delight ACPI
>>>worked flawlessly.  I could adjust the backlight, turn the little
>>>white "head light" led on and off, suspend etc.
>>>
>>>Touching the "Fn" key and any other key is pure death, but touching
>>>the Fn key alone gives me a NUL-char.
>>>
>>>Tonight I went timetravelling with my kernel and get as far back as
>>>first of may, but all along the same instant death if ACPI was provoked.
>>
>>As you cvs updated back in time, did you update your kernel or just the 
>>acpi module?
> 
> kernel+acpi.
> 
> Anyway, it seems that if the CD/RW drive is in, the machine works
> great, if not it is toast.  No clue to why yet.

Are you sure the machine is hanging and not panicing?

-Nate