This is the first time I've used ACPI, this system is a Dell INSPIRON 8200 Soo.. I dont know if / how well / or not ACPI works on it.
On Wednesday 15 January 2003 03:42 pm, Bernard Varaine wrote: > It used to work fin eon my notebook HPXE3 until I upgraded to last > kernel and acpid. > Battery and AC adpater Ok but not thermal zone? > > > Bernard > > PAOLACCI Sebastien wrote: > > Le Mercredi 15 Janvier 2003 21:04, Jeremy a �crit : > >>On Wednesday 15 January 2003 01:40 pm, PAOLACCI Sebastien wrote: > >>>Le Mercredi 15 Janvier 2003 19:23, Sascha Noyes a �crit : > >>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>>>Hash: SHA1 > >>>> > >>>>On Wednesday 15 January 2003 12:46 pm, Jeremy wrote: > >>>>>The battery monitor on the tast bar shows a grer / black battery with > >>>>>a red X over it. And when i click on setup it says > >>>>> > >>>>>"Your computer seems to have a parital ACPI installation probably > >>>>>ACPI was enabled, but some of the sub-options were not enabled - you > >>>>>need to enable at least 'AC Adaptor' and 'Control Method Battery' and > >>>>>rebuild your kernel > >>>> > >>>>IIRC you need to install acpid in order to get full functionality (for > >>>>battery monitoring, AC adaptor on/off, etc.) > >>>> > >>>>�urpmi acpid� > >>>> > >>>>- -- > >>>>Please encrypt all correspondence. > >>>>PGP key available from: > >>>>http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc > >>>>- -- > >>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>>>Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > >>>> > >>>>iD8DBQE+JadCgzJdfX+cTW8RAt58AJ9+7KIjIVzWAaS/CeryvwoMbHSUZgCeM/PL > >>>>k2ow+/5r68CD6D+s3TVuMdU= > >>>>=Ho3n > >>>>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> > >>>You also (in fact you just need) to have a "working acpi" compiled with > >>>your kernel to get battery monitor functionality. > >>> > >>>If it's the case and you still can't manage to make it work, ensure that > >>>you have relevant modules loaded: > >>> > >>>fan 1984 0 (unused) > >>>thermal 8096 0 (unused) > >>>processor 10136 0 [thermal] > >>>button 2732 0 (unused) > >>>battery 6752 0 (unused) > >>>ac 2208 0 (unused) > >>> > >>>All depends on your laptop manufacturer ... > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>>Sebastien > >> > >>Yea.. I got the modules loaded and acpid running.. and there is a > >>/proc/acpi but when i look at the various files in there.. their > >> contents don't look correct.. > > > > It probably means that you don't have a standard ACPI implementation > > (like me). In this case, you have to find the good dsdt table for your > > laptop (I made one which seems correct for Compaq Presario 2800, if > > someone need it), to put it in /usr/src/linux/drivers/acpi/dsdt.hex, to > > set in your kernel's config file CONFIG_ACPI_TWEAKED_DSDT=y, and to > > recompile... > > > > Have a nice night ;-) > > > > Sebastien. > > > > PS: My explanations may are a bit obscure, but in fact it's not really > > complicated. > > > > > > .
