From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Derek Broughton Subject: Re: ACPI Battery Problems Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:10:28 -0300 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <03f101c34268$501e4960$3746028e@bio.dfo.ca> References: <20030704195241.GC7074@roadrunner.ichilton.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: ACPI Development - Sourceforge List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org From: "Ian Chilton" > > I have a new Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook and I am using 2.4.21 with the > ACPI patch from http://acpi.sourceforge.net. > > I can't get it to show the battery status - all I get is this: > > [root@delta:~]# acpi -V > Thermal 1: ok, 40.0 degrees C > AC Adapter 1: off-line ... > ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line) > ACPI-0352: *** Error: Looking up [Z000] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND > ACPI-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed > [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.BAT1._BIF] (Node c1594a80), AE_NOT_FOUND > > Any ideas? yeah, your DSDT is just as broken as every other Dell DSDT I've heard of. I never have managed to properly fix mine (Inspiron 2500). And as long as your battery method is broken it's always going to shut down precipitously when the battery runs out... ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01