On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 20:28 -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Hi, > > I have a PowerMac7,3 machine (dual G5 970FX). It does not run Linux > continously just yet. So I installed anacron as I do for all such > computers. This is a stock Debian sarge installation (in particular, I > do not compile my own kernel). > > Over the last few weeks I've noticed the dlocate database is always > out of date....it seems the kernel insists I am running on battery > power with zero batteries. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/anacron start > Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: deferred while on battery power. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/pmu/info > PMU driver version : 2 > PMU firmware version : 0c > AC Power : 0 > Battery count : 0 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep -i pmu > via-pmu: Server Mode is disabled > PMU driver 2 initialized for Core99, firmware: 0c > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -i pmu /boot/config-2.6.8-power4-smp > CONFIG_ADB_PMU=y > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK /boot/config-2.6.8-power4-smp > CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK=y
G5s aren't supposed to turn CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK on ... Yes, the battery/AC code doesn't work on desktops. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
