From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Renninger Subject: Re: ACPI hangs on boot with ACER Travelmate 3002WTCi Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:31:04 +0200 Message-ID: <42FB7D48.5020008@suse.de> References: <30543d6b050811090060039664@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <30543d6b050811090060039664-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: Bao Tran Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Bao Tran wrote: > First off, just wanted to say thanks for everything so far. > > Secondly, I just got an Acer Travelmate 3002wtci, and the first thing > I did was rip out the hard drive and tried to put linux on it. I've > had it for a couple of days now, and I've gotten most of it working, > but I noticed that if ACPI support is enabled on any of my kernels > (currently running mm-sources 2.6.13-rc5-mm1), the computer will hang > right after I press enter in grub, showing up no messages and giving > me a blank black screen. > > I am thinking like most Acer laptops, it has a buggy DSDT and ECDT > problems, so I've considered fixing it, but I can't even run a cat > /proc/acpi since acpi has to be disabled in order to boot, so I am > stuck. > > I would post technical specs, but I am currently at work. I will post > more when I get home,but for now, here is what i remember off the top > of my head: > > ACPI "compliant" 1.0b > PhoenixBIOS > Winbond (Nat Semi) PC87591 sensor > Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz) > ICH6 Controller (i2c-i801 + eeprom loaded) > > > Is there anything I can do to diagnose/fix the problem more? > Have you tried: noapic pci=noacpi options? If it comes up you can have a look at your DSDT. early_printk=vga could give you a hint where it hangs. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf