acpi with intel's bx chipset

acpi with intel's bx chipset

[Matthias Pfeifer]

Hi list,

i am trying to get acpi working on my (bit oldfashioned) dell l400 Noteb=
ook. It is equipped with an Intel-Bx based mainboard and p3-Cpu. i compile=
d acpi into my kernel with debugging information and i tend to get

[ACPI Debug] String: [0x1C] "Sleep Button pressed: Fn+ESC"

much too often. like here

Jul 20 19:38:18 gecko last message repeated 2 times
Jul 20 19:39:18 gecko last message repeated 2 times
Jul 20 19:40:18 gecko last message repeated 2 times
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Jul 20 19:49:21 gecko last message repeated 2 times
Jul 20 19:50:21 gecko last message repeated 2 times

The message that is repeated here is just the one (Sleep Button pressed...=
). Please ask for more information if you think you can help. Basically no=
thing works too well. temperature is constanly shown as 50=B0C. Fans dont 
ev=
er seem to be activted even when i compile my kernel - apm always turned t=
hem on here. I already know that there is a similar question in the lists =
archive from 2004 with no response - maybe i have more luck?

Matthias Pfeifer