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I installed 32 bit x86 linux 2.4.26-r6 on emachines M6807. Inside kde, pressing the <Fn><F8> keys to increase the brightness of the screen will hang the laptop. My boot parameter ...
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  1. 09-16-2004 #1
    tcma
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    Pressing <fn><f8> Keys Hangs Emachines M6807

    I installed 32 bit x86 linux 2.4.26-r6 on emachines M6807. Inside kde, pressing the <Fn><F8> keys to increase the brightness of the screen will hang the laptop.

    My boot parameter in grub.conf file is:
    pci=noacpi noapic

    If these one or both two parameters are not used, same problem occurred.
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    What I've discovered is that these function keys on laptops are generally controlled by the BIOS and that X over rides the settings, thus it's more likely a an X issues then a grub. To verify that, boot into console mode and see if you can adjust your brightness. If that works, you know for sure it's an X issue.

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