From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Luming Yu" Subject: Re: HP nc6400 v.03 or v.05 laptop ACPI fails after reboot, works again after booting windows Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:51:50 +0800 Message-ID: <3877989d0701112151m6816cd4fl4f2a2bdf309d51ac@mail.gmail.com> References: <457F37C0.3090003@gmail.com> <1165966936.29844.37.camel@pcjc2lap> <457FB1A1.2030602@gmail.com> <1166012707.22903.4.camel@pcjc2lap> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.224]:47133 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030489AbXALFvv (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:51:51 -0500 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h31so737815wxd for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:51:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1166012707.22903.4.camel@pcjc2lap> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Peter Clifton Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "Lincoln Baxter, III" Since it is somewhat related to ACPI, please open a bug in ACPI category on bugzilla.kernel.org. It is a great place to track this kind of issues. On 12/13/06, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 02:54 -0500, Lincoln Baxter, III wrote: > > Wow. You're completely right... so this isn't an ACPI issue (directly.) > > > > I don't seem to experience any of the other problems you describe, but I > > do have a different model. I don't have an external lid-switch sensor. > > Hm.. Suspend doesn't quite work for me either, I'll look into this > > farther and get back to you. > > > > The battery meters and other ACPI functionality is working now with your > > workaround. Should this be a bug report? Which group should get the > > report if this is the case? > > > > Thanks so much! > > Lincoln > > It was suggested to me to open a kernel bug (possibly starting under > ACPI), however I never got to it.. I don't know where kernel bugs are > reported officially, and was busy at the time. (still am). I do try and bugzilla.kernel.org > reply to others with the same problems though... finding the webpage > which suggested that fix was not trivial! It is not easy to track it in emals. > > My lid switch is just above the keyboard, on the right hand side of the > left hand screen hinge. It is just a tiny piece of plastic protruding > from the case. Push it, and the screen goes off. Hold it, and wiggle the > mouse (touchpad), and the naughty screen comes back on. > > Most importantly for me, the workaround brings the max CPU speed > available with speed step back to what it is supposed to be on my > laptop, and the BIOS actually boots much faster. >