Comments on: Work arounds for the mysterious openSuse 10.2 lock-up on Dell Inspiron 6400 http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2007/02/06/work-arounds-for-the-mysterious-opensuse-102-lock-up-on-dell-inspiron-6400/ On Mac, Linux, Grid, Virtualization and Software Technology Fri, 27 May 2011 07:08:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Thomas http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2007/02/06/work-arounds-for-the-mysterious-opensuse-102-lock-up-on-dell-inspiron-6400/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Thomas Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:21:06 +0000 http://irfan.phantomos-vi.com/?p=65#comment-389 I have the same problem with my Fujitsu-Siemens 1520 will tryout your suggestion enabling wifi at boot. Thanx in advance if it helps! Greetings from Finland I have the same problem with my Fujitsu-Siemens 1520 will tryout your suggestion enabling wifi at boot. Thanx in advance if it helps!

Greetings from Finland

]]> By: irfanhab http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2007/02/06/work-arounds-for-the-mysterious-opensuse-102-lock-up-on-dell-inspiron-6400/comment-page-1/#comment-386 irfanhab Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:28:03 +0000 http://irfan.phantomos-vi.com/?p=65#comment-386 @deadcabbit If you read my previous posts you would know that openSuse supports every single hardware in the Dell Inspiron notebook, and 10.1 did not have the lock-up problem neither did other distributions I tried, it came with OpenSuse 10.2! @deadcabbit

If you read my previous posts you would know that openSuse supports every single hardware in the Dell Inspiron notebook, and 10.1 did not have the lock-up problem neither did other distributions I tried, it came with OpenSuse 10.2!

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]]> By: Work arounds for the mysterious openSuse 10.2 lock-up on Dell http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2007/02/06/work-arounds-for-the-mysterious-opensuse-102-lock-up-on-dell-inspiron-6400/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Work arounds for the mysterious openSuse 10.2 lock-up on Dell Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:10:21 +0000 http://irfan.phantomos-vi.com/?p=65#comment-385 [...] Blog Post [...] [...] Blog Post [...]

]]> By: deadcabbit http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2007/02/06/work-arounds-for-the-mysterious-opensuse-102-lock-up-on-dell-inspiron-6400/comment-page-1/#comment-384 deadcabbit Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:01:41 +0000 http://irfan.phantomos-vi.com/?p=65#comment-384 I don't really say things like these, but this is Linux: first check if your hardware is supported and if not, do *NOT* buy (unless M$ is fine for you)... And of course disabling acpi is a bad idea, imho disabling dma is even worse. I don’t really say things like these, but this is Linux: first check if your hardware is supported and if not, do *NOT* buy (unless M$ is fine for you)… And of course disabling acpi is a bad idea, imho disabling dma is even worse.

]]> By: Justin Freeman http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2007/02/06/work-arounds-for-the-mysterious-opensuse-102-lock-up-on-dell-inspiron-6400/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Justin Freeman Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:39:01 +0000 http://irfan.phantomos-vi.com/?p=65#comment-387 Mate, I had a serious problem with my laptop and Ubuntu (Ubuntu wipes the bios and kills the laptop) which resulted in my move to OpenSUSE. I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 with Core Duo and it's relatively new etc. etc. Have you tried updating the Dell Bios? There have been at least 4 updates since I received mine ( Mate, I had a serious problem with my laptop and Ubuntu (Ubuntu wipes the bios and kills the laptop) which resulted in my move to OpenSUSE. I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 with Core Duo and it’s relatively new etc. etc.

Have you tried updating the Dell Bios? There have been at least 4 updates since I received mine (

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