Re: Re: Acpi-devel digest, Vol 1 #766 - 4 msgs

Ducrot Bruno
2003-01-21T10:03:01Z

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 04:34:26AM -0500, James Shatto wrote:
> Pardon my newness to ACPI. That being said, I have an ACPI problem.
> However inconsistent it may be. The problem being sometimes it works, and
> when it does it keeps the computer cooler than APM, maybe even cooler than
> WinME. But when it doesn't my laptop gets really hot and shuts itself down.
>
> Is there anyway to fix this?
> Should I always use APM instead of ACPI?
> Should I use APM and ACPI?
> (The problem here is that SonyPI conflicts with APM)
>
> Laptop ='s Sony Vaio - PCG-FX215 - PIII 800MHz Duron
> VIA Tech VT82C686 Power Management Controller
>

There is a known problem with ACPI and sonypi. Be sure
to have the latest patch from ACPI and also check if
sonypi call the provided ec_get() ec_set() functions from acpi
instead of their own. I know that this is already the case
for 2.5 series, but I have not checked that for 2.4 series.

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Ducrot Bruno

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