Re: Unable to get APM working -- help!

security_at_revolutionsp.com
Date: 12/26/04

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    Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:53:27 -0600 (CST)
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    > 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?
    >

    Attached it.

    >> > 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.
    >

    I'll try it out; meanwhile, I've discovered the sysctl to change this
    manually. I've checked it works by trying to compile something at the
    lowest CPU clock speed. It was slow to hell :-)

    >> >> 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?
    >

    A quick googling session brought up nothing.

    >> 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.
    >
    I've installed klaptop and it shows battery as -1 and 'not charging'
    acpiconf -i[0-9] didn't do any good either :/

    > --
    > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
    > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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    dmesg (ACPI on, boot verbose)
    ** check attached file **

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