ACPI can't read battery status

ACPI can't read battery status

[Thomas Alderweireld]

Dear All, 
ACPI can't read the battery status on my TravelMate427:
Here follows my battery (Model SANYO BATBCL11) 
proc/acpi/Battery/BAT1 informations:
[root@laptom BAT1]# more info
present:                 yes
design capacity:         6300 mAh
last full capacity:      6300 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          11100 mV
design capacity warning: 585 mAh
design capacity low:     175 mAh
capacity granularity 1:  64 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  64 mAh
model number:            GC86508SAT0
serial number:
battery type:            LiON
OEM info:                SANYO
[root@laptom BAT1]# more state
present:                 yes
ERROR: Unable to read battery status
[root@laptom BAT1]# more alarm
alarm:                   unsupported

Any Idea how I can fix this ????

Thanks

Tom

NB: I would like to thanks Acpi people for their fast answer of my 
yesterday's mail.




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ACPI can't read battery status (more info)

[Thomas Alderweireld]

Hi Again;
According to acpi people,
the problem is related to a bad DSDT table of my TravelMate427.
Any Idea where how I can generate a good DSDT table (I am not an expert)

Thanks,

Tom





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Re: ACPI can't read battery status (more info)

[Richard Black]

I have some notes here:
www.cpqlinux.com/acpi-howto.html

Thomas Alderweireld wrote:

>Hi Again;
>According to acpi people,
>the problem is related to a bad DSDT table of my TravelMate427.
>Any Idea where how I can generate a good DSDT table (I am not an expert)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom
>
>
>
>
>
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Sincerely,
Richard Black
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echo -n * > /proc/acpi/sleep has no effect

[Thomas Alderweireld]

Hello;
Time is passing and problems are resolving .....
I could fix my DSDT table today and make acpi run properly [thanks to 
your mails]. (ACER TravelMate 427, Phoenix Bios)

No I can see my battery status and I do not have any error messages 
anymore. My machine runs now under the following os:
Linux laptom 2.4.21-pre4 #1 Thu Feb 20 15:49:58 CET 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
and acpi-20030218-2.4.21-pre4.diff 

Nevertheless, when I do:
echo -n * (*=1,2,3,4)  > /proc/acpi/sleep  does not do 
anything. 

I put the dmesg output related to acpi in the following:
BIOS-e820: 000000001fef0000 - 000000001fefc000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 000000001fefc000 - 000000001ff00000 (ACPI NVS)
ACPI: have wakeup address 0xc0001000
ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD                      ) @ 0x000f6d20
ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD    RSDT   01540.00000) @ 0x1fef64a0
ACPI: FADT (v001 INTEL  845M     01540.00000) @ 0x1fefbf8c
ACPI: DSDT (v001 COMPAL 845M     01540.00000) @ 0x00000000
ACPI: BIOS passes blacklist
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030122
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9a4, last bus=2
PCI: Using configuration type 1
    ACPI-0292: *** Info: Table [DSDT] replaced by host OS
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 00:1f.1
Transparent bridge - Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGPB._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs *9)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs *9)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs *9)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *9)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs *9)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 9, disabled)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 9, disabled)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 9, disabled)
ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 28)
schedule_task(): keventd has not started
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] enabled at IRQ 9
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] enabled at IRQ 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 9
ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1 C2, 8 throttling states)


Any idea, what I can do about this......

Thanks in advance,

Tom



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