Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: Entering BIOS on DELL mobiles - does the kernel prohibit? | Date | Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:57:43 -0500 |
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On Wednesday 23 November 2005 10:53, Marc Koschewski wrote: > Hi all, > > first of all, if someone could point me to some information on that > topic, I would be glad. I didn't find anything on Google. > > The 'problem' is: I remember being able to enter the DELL Inspiron BIOS > from a running X session (or console) some (long) time ago. I just noticed, > it no longer works. Does the kernel somehow prohibit to enter the BIOS > or does the laptop itself stop from doing so (maybe due to a BIOS update). >
It is only pssible with APM. ACPI "kills" it.
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