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yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 111

Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

Hello,

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ2XP laptop with Arch.

I have the following problem. When I plug the power cord, the system is totally blocked and I have to shut down and turn on the button.

I've probed with kernel 2.6.28, 2.6.29 and 2.6.30. I've probed with Ubuntu, Mandriva, Debian and the system block too. There is a problem with Linux Kernel.

I can't see nothing in the /var/log.

I think that the problem is acpi. When I boot the system with option "acpi=off" I can plug the power cord and the laptop don't block, but don't work many things, with graphic card, mouse, etc, .

What can I do with acpi?, how can I configure acpi correctly?.

The problem does not occur in Windows, or FreeBSD, or Mac OSx86.

Any ideas?.

Best regards.

buttons

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From: NJ, USA

Registered: 2007-08-04

Posts: 620

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

http://www.linlap.com/wiki/sony+vaio+vgn-sz+series

At least one user reports success with that laptop and Ubuntu 8.10. I haven't found your specific problem via google, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.

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yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 111

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

Everything work fine in my laptop, but don't found the solution at problem of power cable.

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From: NJ, USA

Registered: 2007-08-04

Posts: 620

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

Try the ubuntu 8.10 livecd. Just boot it and see if your power cable problem is fixed. If so, we have a starting point for tracking down a kernel that works, etc.

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yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 111

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

I've probed right now with Ubuntu 8.10. When the live cd has booted I've plugged the power cable and the system has blocked at the first attempt, :-(.

Other tests I've done:

- In the bios menu, if plug the power cable, the lapton is not blocked.
- In the grub menu, if plug the power cable, the lapton is not blocked.
- When the kernel is loading, if plug the power cable, the lapton is blocked.

Any ideas?. Regards.

yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 111

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

I've updated bios at R0096N0 version, but the problem still occurs.

There is a problem with acpi. What can I modify in acpi configuration?.

kepin

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Registered: 2006-02-24

Posts: 3

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

I have a similar problem http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=616475

yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 111

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

This is my kernel .config from acpi:

CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=2000
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE=""
CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SBS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSFS_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=m
CONFIG_ACPI_WMI=y

I hope that this help you.

Regards.

yoburtu

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Registered: 2006-06-07

Posts: 111

Re: Laptop Vaio blocked when plug power cable

I've solved this issue. I've configured kernel boot option "idle=poll" and the box don't blocks.

Greetings.