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 19:46:25 +1030

    On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:26, security@revolutionsp.com wrote:
    > 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 :-)

    That's probably clock throttling which is different..

    [Enhanced] Speed Step reduces the clock speed and the CPU core voltage.. clock
    throttling just idles the CPU for a certain proportion of the time. If you
    want slow try forcing them both to the slowest speed.. Pentium-M 75Mhz :)

    > > Any chance there is a new BIOS available for that system?
    >
    > A quick googling session brought up nothing.

    How about say, checking the makers web site?

    > > 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 :/

    Without ACPI support being able to read your battery status no userland
    program will work.

    Your dmesg shows acpi_cmbat entries, ie
    acpi_cmbat0: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0
    acpi_cmbat1: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0

    which I think is pretty fundamental to being able to read battery status ;) 

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