From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexey Starikovskiy Subject: Re: [repost] acpi on gentoo Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:57:58 +0300 Message-ID: <45F42706.9020106@linux.intel.com> References: <45F406EA.7000808@hotmail.com> <3877989d0703110712i34065b9dyd470ba7d1e7d2b15@mail.gmail.com> <45F4241E.2000107@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:20934 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933793AbXCKP6E (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:58:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <45F4241E.2000107@hotmail.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Nigel Cc: Luming Yu , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Nigel wrote: > response inline > > Luming Yu said on 11/3/2007 3:12 PM: >> On 3/11/07, Nigel wrote: >>> >>> Trying again to see if anyone had any other ideas. >>> >>> In addition: >>> The acpid daemon is running. >>> The same machine when booted into windows will automatically go to >>> powersave mode when the power cable is removed. >>> >> >> what condition is your battery in? It makes sense if battery power is >> very low. > Battery #1 : present > Remaining capacity : 47822 mWh, 100.0% > Design capacity : 50760 mWh > Last full capacity : 47822 mWh, 94.21% of design capacity > (similar output was included in the original post) > > Regardless of battery condition should I not still get an event for > removing and reinserting the power cable? (Obviously waiting for a > minute or two in-between ) > >> If battery is still full, then it sounds like a bug. You need to test >> the latest base kernel before entering a acpi bug into >> bugzilla.kernel.org. > > It works just fine on 2.6.19-r5 (gentoo) > Whilst is *may* have been a bug, the issue should no longer exist on a > newer kernel. > >> >>> One interesting though, if I do : modprobe button >>> then every 30 seconds or so I get: >>> received event "battery BAT1 00000080 00000001" >>> >>> Even when i do rmmod button I still keep getting these events. >>> The only way to go back to "normal" behaviour is to reboot. >>> >>> Any suggestions as to what might be my problem here ? >>> >> I guess your battery power level is low. > > Nope, that's not it. > Don't really get your logic either. *Only* when a certain module is > loaded and after that *only* a reboot stops these messages means that > the battery is low? > >> > > > So, I take it that my choice is limited to using the newer kernel ? > I would normally not hesitate to use the newer kernel but my > employer's vpn client is limited to 2.6.17 > > Nigel. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html 2.6.19-rc5 has EC driver almost re-written (drivers/acpi/ec.c). Please check if putting it into 2.6.17 works/helps. You may also try to put an 2.6.20/21-rc version of the same file... It has even more changes. Regards, Alex.