From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arndt Schoenewald Subject: Re: ACPI problems on Athlon MP system Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:37:07 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030110103707.GA12313@digda.intern.quelltext.com> References: <20030110030741.GA2580@stikine.ucs.sfu.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030110030741.GA2580-0ze2hujOWYhqr3d4nwidZ7Dks+cytr/Z@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Martin Siegert Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Martin, the ACPI support in the 2.4 kernel series is very old (from autumn 2001 if I remember correctly), so you should use the ACPI patch from http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi; in your case http://prdownloads.sf.net/acpi/acpi-20021212-2.4.20.diff.gz (This patch applies cleanly against linux-2.4.21-pre2 from kernel.org even though it was done for 2.4.20.) The Intel people are trying to get an updated ACPI version into 2.4, but I guess this will not happen before 2.4.22. The 2.5 kernel series does already include a current ACPI version. Good luck, Arndt On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:07:41PM -0800, Martin Siegert wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure whether this is the correct place to ask this question, > but hopefully you can point me in the right direction. > > Here is the problem: > I am trying to get the "poweroff" command working on an Athlon MP > (Tyan S2462) system (linux-2.4.21-pre2; otherwise RedHat 7.3). > > The machine has ACPI enabled in the bios. When I compile the kernel > with ACPI disabled, the poweroff command shuts down the system, but > does not shut off the power (it acts exactly like the halt command). > In order to shutoff the machine I must press the power switch. > > When I compile the kernel with ACPI enabled the situation is worse: > the halt and poweroff commands still work in exactly the same way > (shutdown the system), but now I cannot switch off the machine > anymore: pressing the power switch has absolutely no effect > (regardless of how long I hold the switch). The only way to > switch off the machine is to either pull the power cord or to > press the reset button on then the power switch (which will then > switch off the machine when it reboots). > > What am I doing wrong? Am I missing some kernel switches, options? > Do I need additional software? > > Any help or suggestions, hints are appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > Martin -- Arndt Schoenewald , Software Developer Quelltext AG (http://www.quelltext-ag.de), Dortmund, Germany ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com