From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sandro Weiser Subject: Re: acpi on r40e Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:48:11 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <200402112248.15925.sandro.weiser@gmx.de> References: Reply-To: sandro.weiser-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 10. Februar 2004 06:18 schrieb Praveen C: > >Interesting. > >If you boot, say with "acpi=3Doff", your volume and brightness buttons > >work, but if you boot with ACPI enabled they have no effect? > > Thats right. I know that many others with R40e are facing the same > problems as me with acpi (hangup with processor/thermal modules and the > special button problems). When I am booting an acpi kernel I have to > adjust the brightness before the kernel starts. With acpi=3Doff the > buttons work without me doing anything extra. > > There are other buttons which dont work either with or without acpi. > For example Fn+F3 switches off the backlight in the display in Windows > but does nothing in Linux. In Linux I can switch off the backlight only > by closing the lid. > > Regarding the hangup with processor/thermal modules I am not > able to locate any messages in kernel log. > > Is there any other information I can provide which help to identify the > problem? Here the same with Fn+F3 which doesn't works anymore with acpi I'm using now apm in 2.4.24 and haven't tested 2.5.XX and 2.6.XX heavily=20 anymore, but When I experimented with early acpi-support in 2.4 before switching to apm= =20 (was in March 2003) Fn+F3 *definitely* worked with acpi. =2D --=20 Sandro Weiser =46ingerprint: 77E0 7C87 4DB2 6BBB 5419 343C 7995 1C67 25B9 CBF1 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAKqMfeZUcZyW5y/ERAnzHAJ40pSOOCUKerA4pF6HHfAlD2zGKVACgu6zd N57WKlL25Zg3vYMKpf0H0ns=3D =3Dfeaw =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click