[ltp] Please help with T40 and 2.6.8 on Debian

[Winsley von Spee]

Am Sonntag, den 05.12.2004, 11:50 +0000 schrieb bob@ngi.it:
> Dear newfound friends,
> I am losing my last hair and the corresponding libido on having my
>  beloved T40 (2373-92x 1.6 Pentium M with Atheros wifi) behave on a 2.6.8
>  kernel with the Debian distro.
> 
> I have found many, conflicting recipes, most of which seem outdated
>  (T40 is not new anymore) and tried following some but still stuck on some
>  issues.
> 
> Maybe someone so kind to share .config and/or instructions ?
> 
> Here are the problems I'd like to solve initially:
> 
> 1) Proper power off when issuing "shutdown -h 0". I currently have a
>  Power Down last message on the console after disabling APIC in the
>  kernel options. Before the console blanked but the CPU fan kept on
> 
> 2) None of the Fn-F3, Fn-F4 buttons seem to produce any action
> 
> Thank you very much in advance,
> Robert Alexander

The Fn keys only work with apm out of the box. If you are using acpi,
get ibm_acpi to and modifiy the script under /etc/acpi/ to make the Fn
keys working.

Greetz