broken power button

["Scott T. Smith" <scott-j3vAvQ9dNB9ByuSxxbvQtw@public.gmane.org>]

APM will let me suspend to RAM and restore, but the touchpad is broken
the whole time.

So I'm trying ACPI -- ACPI seems to suspend successfully, but it will
not wake up.  I have to unplug the battery and power supply for 10+
minutes to reset it.

I think it's related to the power button.  I notice that the power
button does not generate any events via acpid (but if I close the lid,
or press Fn-ESC, then I do see events).  However, if I hold the power
button down for 4 seconds, the machine does shut off immediately. 
(Holding it down for 4+ seconds while frozen does nothing).

In tracing this further, I noticed that the ASL lists the button 'PWRB',
while ACPI (via dmesg) lists the button 'PWRF'.  I think (can someone
clarify this?) that this is the difference between a "fixed hardware
power button" and a "control method power button."

I tried renaming all references to PWRB to PWRF and recompiling, but
that did no good.  I think (again, can someone clarify this?) that I
need to set the PWR_BUTTON flag, but I don't know how to do that.  There
is a reference to SLP_BUTTON in the dsdt.asl file, but it's in a
comment.

Am I on the right track here?

oh, specs:  2.6.2-rc2-mm1 (ACPI v20040116), Dell Lattitude X200 (P3M
800), patched DSDT to cope with battery issue.

	Scott



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