[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#559578: Bug#559578: Fwd: Bug#559578: eeepc-acpi-scripts: EeePC 701 freezes with garbled screen while booting

[Ben Armstrong]

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:54:54 +0000
Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Corentin
> 
> It looks like it's not just my 701 which has problems with SHE.  Given
> that Asus don't support it on the pre-installed OS, I think we should
> disable it for the 701.
> 
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559578>.

If by "we", you mean Debian, and by "disable" you mean disable by
default, then I agree.  However, I don't believe it should be disabled
upstream.  I have used SHE successfully on the 4G for several weeks.
Although SHE became suspect when I experienced some lockups, after
running for a few days with SHE disabled, I still get occasional
lockups, so I don't no longer think SHE is the cause.  Users ought to
be given the option of re-enabling it on the 4G, but be given an
appropriate caution about lack of vendor support for this configuration.

Ben
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