Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:30:34 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI degrading.. ? Message-ID: <40F74BDA.2090408@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040715222845.333795D08@ptavv.es.net> References: <20040715222845.333795D08@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: >>Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:08:22 -0500 >>From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> >>Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >> >>Ok - On May13th, I was the happiest FreeBSD user on the planet.. All the >>ACPI stuff worked (the acpi_video stuff worked for my laptop, I had >>several 'cx_supported' modes, etc..), but then I cvsup'ed on July 8th >>(around there), and the acpi_video was broken, and no more cx modes >>(besides c1). I backed up to 06/15 and the acpi_video magically came >>back, but still no cx modes.. >> >>Is there a configuration option I need to adjust now, or is it just >>broken? Is there anything I can do to help? >> >> > >The cx issue should be fixed. Nate put in a patch to fix it yesterday >or today. I have also lost acpi_video, but the patch to fix cx may fix >that, as well. I've been hesitant to update my laptop due to the native >preemption triggered problems that forced me to roll several bits of the >kernel back to 7/2. If I get just a little time, I'll cvsup and build a >new system tomorrow and see how t works (or doesn't). > > Ahh, ok.. great.. Thanks Nate! I'm also waiting for the preemption stuff to settle down.. killing my laptop 10 times in one day isn't my idea of fun.. :) Although, it only ever happened when Firefox was running.. Thanks for the info! Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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