Re: Unable to get APM working -- help!

From: Daniel O'Connor (doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au)
Date: 12/26/04

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Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:31:03 +1030

    On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:28, security@revolutionsp.com wrote:
    > > Try acpiconf -i 1
    >
    > Same result :/

    Hmm.. what's your dmesg output when you boot verbose with ACPI enabled?

    > > I prefer acpi_pcc http://www.spa.is.uec.ac.jp/~nfukuda/software/ which I
    > > believe does the same thing but only needs a kernel module to work.
    >
    > Does it work on Pentium-M ?

    Yep.

    > >> load, and maxing it (1.6GHz) under load, but with ACPI off. With ACPI on
    > >> it's always at 1.6GHz. Plus, I've noticed the 'top' CPU values are plain
    > >> wrong. I was compiling thunderbird, xmms, and firefox and it showed all
    > >> processes with 0.00% CPU.
    > >
    > > Do your kernel and userland match?
    >
    > 5.3-RELEASE from cd and a custom kernel I built. I've just tested, and the
    > results are widly innacurate ONLY with ACPI turned on.. weird.

    Any chance there is a new BIOS available for that system?

    > Did you have to do anything in special to make -i 0 work? (it says device
    > not configured to me.. perhaps I missed something)

    No.. If I try and look at a non existent battery slot it says 'device not
    configured' so maybe it thinks you have no batteries for some strange reason. 

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