Re: HP nc6400 v.03 or v.05 laptop ACPI fails after reboot, works again after booting windows

Luming Yu
2007-01-12T05:51:51Z

Since it is somewhat related to ACPI, please open a bug in ACPI
category on bugzilla.kernel.org. It is a great place to track this
kind of issues.

On 12/13/06, Peter Clifton <pcjc2@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 02:54 -0500, Lincoln Baxter, III wrote:
> > Wow. You're completely right... so this isn't an ACPI issue (directly.)
> >
> > I don't seem to experience any of the other problems you describe, but I
> > do have a different model. I don't have an external lid-switch sensor.
> > Hm.. Suspend doesn't quite work for me either, I'll look into this
> > farther and get back to you.
> >
> > The battery meters and other ACPI functionality is working now with your
> > workaround. Should this be a bug report? Which group should get the
> > report if this is the case?
> >
> > Thanks so much!
> > Lincoln
>
> It was suggested to me to open a kernel bug (possibly starting under
> ACPI), however I never got to it.. I don't know where kernel bugs are
> reported officially, and was busy at the time. (still am). I do try and

bugzilla.kernel.org

> reply to others with the same problems though... finding the webpage
> which suggested that fix was not trivial!

It is not easy to track it in emals.

>
> My lid switch is just above the keyboard, on the right hand side of the
> left hand screen hinge. It is just a tiny piece of plastic protruding
> from the case. Push it, and the screen goes off. Hold it, and wiggle the
> mouse (touchpad), and the naughty screen comes back on.
>
> Most importantly for me, the workaround brings the max CPU speed
> available with speed step back to what it is supposed to be on my
> laptop, and the BIOS actually boots much faster.
>