> With Kernel 2.4.19 and the ACPI-Patch, my notebook's battery is > recognized and I can read out the time remaining. > > With Kernel 2.4.20 and the latest ACPI-Patch, the battery seems to be > recognized at boot time: > ACPI: Battery socket found, battery present > ACPI: Battery socket found, battery absent > but a "cat /proc/acpi/battery/0/status" gives: > Present: no > with /battery/0/ as the only available battery. > > I know this is a non-debian question, but I would be thankful for any > hint what to do now. Sticking with 2.4.19 is not an option because the > old EEPro100-driver randomly freezes the system.
As a non-debian guy, I'll be glad to answer ;) I checked on my system and the ACPI battery info is OK with both 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 (Sony Vaio PCG-GR214EP). I'd suggest you take your chance with the acpi mailing list: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=6102 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=36832 Another thing you should know is that the Intel "e100" driver is available as a "stand-alone" module. http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/File_Filter.asp?FileName=e100 So you can stick to 2.4.19 for a while if you need. Hope it helps :) -- Jean Delvare http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
