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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS 
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> My motherboard is a Tyan S1696-DLUA dual P2-333.  I am using the latest known
>  bios updates.  ACPI is enabled, and APM disabled in 
> the BIOS.  This happens regardless if PnP is on or off in the BIOS.
> 
> [dmesg | grep -i acpi]
> 
> ACPI debug layer 0x0  debug level 0x0
>   tbxface-0170: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not get RSDP, AE_NO_ACPI_TAB
> LES
>   tbxface-0222: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not load tables: AE_NO_ACPI_
> TABLES
> ACPI: table load failed: AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES

Your ACPI tables, assuming they exist, are somewhere we're not looking for
them yet. 8(

Can you try:

# hexdump /dev/mem | grep "RSD PTR"

and if it finds anything (the string should be left-aligned on the line)
send me the line it outputs... (this will take a while).

Thanks.


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