Michel Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Hey, I tried to enable acpi today. But it doesn't work..ok, when I start up, the syslog mentions: ACPI Vendor "VIA694" System "AWRDACPI" Revision 0x0 has a known ACPI BIOS problem Bogus Table: unrevoverable error Can this explain why I don't have /rpc/acpi...I thought that the latest kernels were acpi(also by Mandrake) were already acpi-enabled..How does it come I don't have it in my /proc-filesystem????For now, I disabled acpi and wil use apm further. But any ideas? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Look in your /etc/lilo.conf file for: append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" You may need to add acpi=on.. If you make a change don't forget to run lilo to update your system and then reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Can also be done in mcc>Boot>BootConfig>Configure button or DrakBoot(whatever they call it now). You also need to make sure acpid (rpm is installed) and runs at boot in mcc>System>DrakXServices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Posted April 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 I did it with mcc... I even ran the command "lilo" manually(although Mandrake does that already).... When it is started up, the service is stopped..If I try to start it up: service acpid start... it says that there isn't an entry: /proc/acpi/.... (and that isn't there) andsays that maybe my kernel has no acpi-patch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 sounds like acpid isn't installed....is it? urpmi acpid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peo Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 same problem here. Both acpi and acpid installed, DrakServices always shows them as stopper even if they are active at boot. IF i try to start acpid manualli i get this error message (the same appears during the boot): acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event : no such file or directory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 Hi guys Are you guys sure APM (Advanced Power Management) is disabled either in the BIOS & MCC>System>DrakXServices? Because on any system, the first that is loaded (APM or ACPI) wins. The other is not loaded. That may be why you don't have /proc/acpi. Do you have /proc/apm ? MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peo Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 MottS you were right, i disabled APM, forced ACPI in GRUB and it seems to work. At least I have ACPI running without errors. Klaptop now says that i have a partial ACPI installation, I need to abilitate "AC Adaptor" and "control method battery" and recompile the kernel. this scaries me a bit. Any help? thanks. Peo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 I need to abilitate "AC Adaptor" and "control method battery" and recompile the kernel. Are you sure those options are not build into the kernel or as modules for Mandrake? We have a nice FAQ here about recompiling kernels. Here it is: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=4595 At the 'make menuconfig' step, look at GeneralSetup-->ACPI Support MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peo Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 Are you sure those options are not build into the kernel or as modules for Mandrake? here is a part of what i get with a lsmod: button 3724 0 (unused)thermal 8224 0 (unused) processor 10872 0 [thermal] fan 2528 0 (unused) ac 2784 0 (unused) battery Recompiling the kernel scaries me a bit at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 Yes they are modules. /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/arch/i386/defconfig # # ACPI Support # CONFIG_ACPI=y # CONFIG_ACPI_HT_ONLY is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=m CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_TWEAKED_DSDT is not set ls /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/acpi ac.o.gz battery.o.gz button.o.gz fan.o.gz processor.o.gz thermal.o.gz toshiba_acpi.o.gz In my case, I have a desktop with have _ _ _ acpi :P . The mods were loaded but not used because of the cheap OEM crap. Do you have a LapTop? Should it be using APM or ACPI? If a cheap OEM desktop....this is normal. As MottS said...whichever the kernel finds first is what it'll use. If you should be using acpi, does /etc/lilo.conf have acpi=on in the append section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peo Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 Do you have a LapTop? Should it be using APM or ACPI? If a cheap OEM desktop....this is normal. Yes, I have a HP Omnibook XE3 GF As MottS said...whichever the kernel finds first is what it'll use. If you should be using acpi, does /etc/lilo.conf haveacpi=on in the append section? I disabled APM, now ACPI starts with no error messages. I configured GRUB so that it loads ACPI. What should I do, insmod ac.o.gz and insmod battery.o.gz ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peo Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 What should I do, insmod ac.o.gz and insmod battery.o.gz ?? I already answered myself: no ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 I already answered myself: no ;) :mystilol: bvc, you are right. I also have a cheap OEM desktop computer and ACPI doesn't work properly even if I disable APM, enable ACPI and run acpid. That might be a different story for a laptop though... but I don't have one so I can't help anymore on that :( MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peo Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 well, I'm stuck Thanks for the help anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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