Re: Several problems on a toshiba S3000-X11

Éric Brunet
2002-09-30T15:50:44Z

On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 05:45:42PM +0200, Ducrot Bruno wrote:
> > When I read the battery state for the first couple of times, the
> > /proc/acpi files claim that I have two batteries present, and that both
> > batteries have a charge of 2040 mAh (capacity is 4000 mAh). After a
> > couple of readings, I have the truth (only one battery and whatever
> > capacity I have left.) That's annoying, and it didn't happen with my
> > previous kernel. I don't now if it comes from the patched DSDT or from
> > the new version of the acpi patch.
>
> This is a trouble with the original AML, and I have not corrected it.
>
Are you sure ? Bob McElrath and I never had this problem with the
original DSDT; it appeared when I used your hand-tuned version. It looks
that the problem lies into your correction...
>
> Only the restore should be made. Actually, the
It is noted, I will try that. But I hope that it will go mainstream in a
future version.
>
> > So the computer shuts down, without warning, while it is not particulary
> > hot, with nothing written in the logs, while the user was just using vim
> > in a xterm, at irregular times, and it can happen two or three times in
> > an afternoon.
> >
>
> Yes, I have this trouble with some version of ACPI now. I think that I need
> to incorporate now more smoothly with ACPI (that is, I need to use
> the function acpi_ec_read() etc. instead of providing them in the module,
> and so I avoid some possible races..)

So you confirm that it is ACPI related ? Do you think I can get rid of
that problem by disabling parts of ACPI ? (I guess I could boot with no
acpi at all, but that means no battery readings, no software shutdown and
no S1. That would be a sad world...)

Éric Brunet

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