2.6 Kernel
Kreg Steppe
kreg at virtual1.net
Mon Nov 24 20:21:04 UTC 2003
Charles E Taylor IV wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:04:42 -0500
> Kreg Steppe <kreg at virtual1.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Has anyone else had the problem, while running the 2.6 Test10, with the
>>mouse having a slight pause from time to time? I found that it was the
>>battery applet (for my notebook) I guess polling for batter status. Can
>>anyone shine some light on why is that?
>
>
> You don't specify the make/model of the notebook, but I had a similar
> problem with one of my IBM Thinkpads (a 240) that was resolved by
> upgrading the BIOS. The problem showed up under 2.4 kernels - haven't
> tested a 2.6 yet. The laptop/mouse would freeze for a split second when
> polling the battery. A BIOS update from IBM's web site fixed it.
>
I guess I should have provided that info... I have a DELL C600. I
haven't looked for any bios updates yet, but that is an idea.
Everything works perfect under 2.4.
Kreg
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