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

[Alan Jenkins]

On 12/9/09, Darren Salt <linux at youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I demand that Alan Jenkins may or may not have written...
>
> [snip]
>> If I repeatedly plug and unplug the power adaptor with eeepc-acpi-scripts
>> installed  (triggering the switch between "performance" and "normal"), I
>> see various kernel messages.  These are the kernel init messages for the
>> webcam and cardreader, suggesting that they are disappearing and
>> re-appearing.  I wasn't able to reproduce it without eeepc-acpi-scripts
>> (either by plugging / unplugging repeatedly, or by toggling the value of
>> cpufv in a scripted loop, or by both at the same time).
>
> Strange. Some logging may provide some clue; are ACPI events which would be
> used to toggle these being generated?

I'm not sure what you mean.  There's no code in the eeepc-laptop
driver to receive events for these settings.  (And I'm pretty sure
that my userspace doesn't touch the "cardr" or "camera" files in
/sys).  What am I looking for?

Alan