I'm running Severn on a Dell Inspiron 8100. To get it to even work, I had to disable ACPI, which may or may not be contributing to my problems. Everything else is normal, even installed all packages during the preliminary install.
My first problem occurs semi-randomly. While running X, my keyboard will stop responding. Everything else seems fine, the keyboard just stops working. I can't go to a virtual desktop (no keyboard), can't use any system config tools (asks for root password) or anything, so I'm forced to completely reboot. Doesn't seem to matter what window manager I'm using as this problem has occured in both Gnome/Metacity and WindowMaker.
My other problem has to do w/ my wireless connection. I have my network configured to access a secure network via a ESSID. However, there is also a neighboring network that isn't restricted that overlaps. When I boot my laptop, it grabs the open network and not the specific network I have it configured for. If I restart the network (/sbin/service network restart), it grabs the correct network. What is it doing differently at boot than when I manually restart the network?
In a perhaps related situation, my wireless connection will randomly disconnect which then forces me to restart it over and over again. Not fun.
Any ideas on these problems?
PS: Where can I find good information on ACPI (what, why, how, etc)? Sorry if I'm out of the loop.
Chris Elston celston@corky.sapien.net