From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johan Vromans Subject: Re: UBUNTU - acpi battery on ACER TRAVELMATE 4000 WLMI Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:43:28 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.35]:45061 "EHLO smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964986AbWA0Lni (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:43:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Len Brown's message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:27:00 -0500") Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: "Brown, Len" Cc: Marco Giumelli , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org "Brown, Len" writes: > I wish the repository of DSDTs on sourceforge.net would simply GO > AWAY for this reason. It is a crutch that makes Linux WORSE, NOT > BETTER. I too run Linux (Fedora Core) on a TravelMate 4001WLMi[1]. I needed to change the DSDT since it returned the wrong values for the processor speeds (!) which, I have been assured, is not an uncommon problem. No other changes were necessary. In fact, I could have continued using the unmodified DSDT except for the frequencey scaling. For the smart battery, I use the original, EC based implementation by Rich Townsend, and it works like a charm. Later (AFAIK) Rich went to a DSDT-based approach of the smart battery problem. I personally prefer the EC based version. -- Johan [1] http://www.squirrel.nl/people/jvromans/articles/TM4001WLMi/index.html