[ltp] weird trouble in FC1 on TP770X

Bert Haskins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 13 May 2004 11:53:28 -0400


How did you upgrade to a PIII 500?
I thought that the 770X and 770Z were MMC-1 PII
and not the MMC-2 PIII
I have one of each 770X and Z
also 390X running nicely with FC2 T3 it even has sound!
Thanks,
      Bert

Shingo Tamaru wrote:

>Hi,
>I'm having a very weired problem in my system and need your help.
>
>I just installed Fedora Core 1 onto my TP770X whose CPU was
>upgraded to PIII-500. This system worked just fine after installation.
>Next I updated the system by executing 'yum update'. This update
>also went through with no problem. The kernel is now 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl.
>Mozilla was also updated to mozilla-1.4.1-18.
>
>Then the problem happened. After this update, mozilla does not
>accept any key stroke. If I try to type in a url, or operate using
>a short-cut key, mozilla just freezes. It still responds mouse
>clicking. So I can browse web pages linked from the FC1 home
>page.
>
>I reversed the version of the kernel and mozilla to the ones right
>after the initial installation with no avail. I think this problem is
>specific to TP770X since I have been using FC1 on my T20 and
>Compaq desktop and never had such a strange problem. I don't
>know if this problem has anything to do with the upgraded CPU
>or not, but I doubt it since other programs are working fine.
>
>So I have absolutely no clue what causes this problem. I would
>appreciate if you can give my any advice about how to troubleshoot.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Shingo
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