From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 26 12:46:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75DFC16A546 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:46:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BAD43D41 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:46:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Received: from [194.192.25.143] (laptop.deepcore.dk [194.192.25.143]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8QCkuTO039234; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:46:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <4156BA35.8010507@DeepCore.dk> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:46:45 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040802) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith References: <41536FD5.20204@math.missouri.edu> <20040926025935.GC2530@dragon.nuxi.com> <41563A3C.5080404@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <41563A3C.5080404@math.missouri.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI on Tyan Thunder K7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:46:59 -0000 Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: >=20 >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 07:52:37PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wro= te: >> >>> I have a Tyan Thunder K7 S2462 motherboard running its latest BIOS=20 >>> (version 2.14). ACPI simply does not work at all. >> >> >> >> Define "does not work at all". >> >=20 > Well as you can see from the ACPI error messages in dmesg (which is=20 > included in my previous email) a lot of stuff isn't working. >=20 > But more than that, if I do "shutdown -p now" the computer does halt,=20 > and then it switches off, but in a strange way - the fans are still=20 > going, all the lights are on, but the video card stops working, and the= =20 > on/off button does nothing, even if I hold it down for several seconds.= =20 > I have to press the reset button for it to start again. This is a problem on several machines not just yours, in fact from my=20 experience its a problem for most machines. ACPI has been in a sorrowly sad shape since mid august or there abouts. I think the releng team is aware of it and trying to decide what todo=20 about it for 5.3-RELEASE, backstepping might be the only way to go.. -S=F8ren