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From: Derek Broughton <dbroughton-F3m4/jXepmf3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org>
To: ACPI Development - Sourceforge
	<acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: ACPI Battery Problems
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 22:01:10 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F08C656.8060105@netcom.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3znjrmj1e.fsf-eUECQUGGJJCHAtaq1fIXeWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>

James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
>>>>>>"Derek" == Derek Broughton <dbroughton-F3m4/jXepmf3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> 
> Derek> yeah, your DSDT is just as broken as every other Dell DSDT I've
> Derek> heard of.  I never have managed to properly fix mine (Inspiron
> Derek> 2500).  And as long as your battery method is broken it's
> Derek> always going to shut down precipitously when the battery runs
> Derek> out...
> 
> FWIW, 2.5.73+ booted w/ acpi_os_name='Microsoft Windows NT' does show
> accurate battery and ac info on an i8100 w/ a14 bios.  (they are up
> to a15 for the 8100.)

Thanks.  I recall Bruno mentioning this for other machines, and have 
always meant to try it...



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-07-07  1:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-04 19:52 [ACPI-sppt] ACPI Battery Problems Ian Chilton
2003-07-04 20:10 ` Derek Broughton
     [not found]   ` <03f101c34268$501e4960$3746028e-dP0OE4Ef7fWw5LPnMra/2Q@public.gmane.org>
2003-07-06 21:39     ` James H. Cloos Jr.
     [not found]       ` <m3znjrmj1e.fsf-eUECQUGGJJCHAtaq1fIXeWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2003-07-07  1:01         ` Derek Broughton [this message]
2003-07-07 12:38         ` Ducrot Bruno
     [not found]           ` <20030707123833.GB7796-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2003-07-07 19:40             ` James H. Cloos Jr.

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