From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 8 14:21:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4115416A41A for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:21:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yousif@alumni.jmu.edu) Received: from coruscant.far-far-away.us (coruscant.far-far-away.us [70.91.196.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F249813C457 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:21:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yousif@alumni.jmu.edu) Received: (qmail 39197 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2008 09:15:20 -0500 Received: from pknat1.passkey.com (HELO ?192.168.16.179?) (68.162.198.134) by coruscant.far-far-away.us with SMTP; 8 Jan 2008 09:15:20 -0500 From: Yousif Hassan To: Stephen Butler In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:21:25 -0500 Message-Id: <1199802085.1815.11.camel@alderaan.far-far-away.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First Step to fixing ACPI problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:21:26 -0000 Have you checked out Chapter 11.6 of the FreeBSD handbook? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html --Y On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 03:09 +0000, Stephen Butler wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have installed freebsd 6.2 onto a 2002 model acer travelmate 250. > > And have the following problem, > > When booting the laptop If I dont disable ACPI mode then it freezes and can only be shutdown by holding the power button in for about 6 seconds. > > Disabling acpi in /boot/loader.conf takes care of the problem. > > However this leaves me guessing when the battery is going to die and I loose some work. > > Please let me know what info I need to post so I can get the ball rolling on this problem > > kind Regards, > Steve. > _________________________________________________________________ > Overpaid or Underpaid? Check our comprehensive Salary Centre > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Emycareer%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%3Fs%5Fcid%3D595810&_t=766724125&_r=Hotmail_Email_Tagline_MyCareer_Oct07&_m=EXT_______________________________________________ > freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-acpi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"