From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ducrot Bruno Subject: Re: /proc/battery empty on Gateway 400VTX Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:01:37 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20031008100137.GE11391@poupinou.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Casey Harkins Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 04:04:11PM -0500, Casey Harkins wrote: > > Looking for help with getting ACPI battery monitoring to work on this > laptop. I'm running SourceMage GNU/Linux with: > > vanilla linux 2.4.22 > acpi 20030916 patch for 2.4.22 > dsdt-initrd patch v0.3 for 2.4.22 > > All other acpi functions seem to work (haven't tried suspending). Nothing > is reported when the battery module loads (it is being loaded between the > ac_adapter and button modules) and the /proc/battery directory exists but > is empty. > > I tried dumping and fixing the dsdt. There was only 1 warning: > > dsdt.asl 281: Method(_WAK, 1) { > Warning 2026 - ^ Reserved method must return a value (_WAK) > > I fixed this according to Richard Black's HOWTO and loaded it via the > initrd method using the dsdt-initrd patch listed above, though it seemed > to have no effect on the system. > Are you sure you have compiled embedded controller *not* as a module? -- Ducrot Bruno -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf