Re: Getting Kernel Panics

[Matthias G. <mat...@us...>]

On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:53:01 -0300
Mauricio Bahamonde <elk...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
> First of all, happy new year!

Same to you :-)
 
> I'm getting kernel panics using kernel 2.6.14.5 and pbbuttonsd 0.7.3
> on my Ibook.
> I'm not sure if the cause of my kernel panics is it pbbuttonsd or not,
> but i relate them to it because the computer kinda suspends, then i
> press any key and it says at the top of the screen:
> failed on setting volume.
> Then the kernel panic says it will reboot in 180 seconds...

The machine suspends and after wakeup you got the kernel panic? 

If so then it isn't a pbbuttonsd issue because wakeup is a kernel only
issue. You could try to unload the USB driver before entering sleep. The
USB modules had some problems with sleep in the past. If this doesn't
help, post a message to debian-powerpc or the kernel mailing list (see
kernel.org for details) with detailed data about the kernel panic and
your machine.

> And the other question I have, is how can i see how much battery is
> left using pbbuttonsd...

Currently there is no special battery monitor depending on pbbuttonsd.
You could use any battery monitor out. I use gkrellm-pmu for example.

If you like to read the IBaM time predictions from pbbuttons there is
only the command line version available yet:
  > pbbcmd query TIMEREMAINING

But I will patch gkrellm-pmu in short term to provide the IBaM values
in a nice way when available.

 Best Regards
  Matthias