ThinkPad T41, FC2 or FC3 -> Keeps crashing

[Harry Hoffman]

Hi Chris,

I'm running a T41 as well (2373-9FU to be exact). There is an update for 
the BIOS that you may want to try. This fixed all of my errors about 
from the kernel bitching about problems with my BIOS and thus acpi not 
working properly.

I have not made the jump to FC3 yet (my harddrive crashed something bad 
[7200 RPM, 60GB drive] so I'm running Knoppix til I get a replacement).

HTH,
Harry

Chris Ruprecht wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have an IBM ThinkPad T41 and have installed FC3.
> Ever since I moved from FC1 to FC2 and then FC3, the machine crashes
> after running for a while (a while = 30 minutes to several hours). 
> 
> My current boot line looks like this:
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb pci=noacpi acpi=off
> apm=off
> 
> I have tried with acpi on or apm on, or no arguments or with nofb -
> nothing seems to help.
> 
> When the machine staops, the 'CAPS-LOCK' indicator is flashing (Looks
> like an 'A' inside a christmas tree).
> 
[snip]

> Best regards,
> Chris
>