From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: unable to set alam using echo to /proc/acpi/alarm Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:20:08 +0100 Message-ID: <20051212152008.GA8748@elf.ucw.cz> References: <302c0a190512111329i76e9e214v4aff822d99ae5de5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <302c0a190512111329i76e9e214v4aff822d99ae5de5-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Ronald Wielink Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > when I try setting the alarm to wake up my pc I get the following > result: > [root@mithrandir acpi]# pwd > /proc/acpi > [root@mithrandir acpi]# cat alarm > 2005-12-00 00:00:00 > [root@mithrandir acpi]# echo 2005-12-15 17:18:19 > alarm > [root@mithrandir acpi]# cat alarm > 2005-12-00 17:18:19 > [root@mithrandir acpi]# > BTW, nothing happens at the echo'd date/time. Could someone please > give me a clue where to start looking? I'm running fedora core 4, my > mobo is an ASUS P5S800-VM, the documentation on the motherboard states > that ACPI is supported. There is an option to turn acpi 2.0 on, but no > difference... alarm never worked properly, IIRC. Pavel -- Thanks, Sharp! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click