On Sunday 18 January 2004 05:50 pm, marc resnick wrote: > On Sunday 18 January 2004 12:29 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Saturday 17 January 2004 07:31 pm, marc resnick wrote: > > > I found my kernel version, and used the patch that went with > > > it. As I continued with the install, it kept saying that the > > > patch had been previously installed. I overwrote, because acpi > > > still didn't work on my computer. I continued to get failures > > > also. When I finally finished, I had no /proc/acpi folder. Does > > > anyone know what I should do? > > > > ACPI is enabled by default in the kernel. You never needed a > > patch. Check your lilo.conf line and remove anything like > > 'acpi=off' or acpi=ht' from the kernel's append= line. Reboot. If > > that didn't do it, you can try adding 'acpi=force' to the append > > line as a last resort. BUT don't add it to lilo.conf just yet. At > > the lilo splash screen, press <Esc> and type 'linux acpi=force' > > (you may have to use one of the displayed kernel versions rather > > than 'linux' if you've updated kernels) > > > > acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface > > force Force ACPI on, even if blacklisted platform > > off Disable ACPI > > ht Limit ACPI to boot-time LAPIC enumeration for HT, > > disabling the run-time AML interpreter. > > > > Are you sure your hardware is ACPI capable? "It works in > > Windoze" doesn't count. If you get ACPI enabled, > > check /var/log/dmesg to see how succesfully it was implemented. > > I have ACPI enabled. If you want I can send you my dmesg file > > offlist as an example. > > Tom, > I've tried enabling ACPI before, but Linux doesn't boot. Even when I force > it, I only get a blank screen. I also think my hardware supports it, but > I'm not sure. I'm not certain if I updated my kernel. I did download some > packages once, which added some options to Lilo for booting, but I deleted > them from the boot menu. =/. What do you suggest I do? > -Marc
I tried to boot with an updated version of my kernel(2.4.22-26 rather than 2.4.22-10), but on boot, I get an error about being unable to locate a DSDT something or other. I'm stumped.
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