Re: unable to set alam using echo to /proc/acpi/alarm

[Pavel Machek <pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.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.

> It works well on different systems here :).

Okay, so the problem is in me. Could we get some documentation? It
would be useful to know what to expect, and it should probably end up
in Documentation/ somewhere.
								Pavel
-- 
Thanks, Sharp!


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