From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 15 07:46:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4AA310656A5 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:46:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 7h3.k3rn31@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54EB58FC12 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so1205499wyf.13 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:46:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=T3eOfBNR3ZZPKzGUFa9udkYF1aZnXASolNJR0FlWOpU=; b=pV3jHWq7pjRLZqey00z0IL2dhjfv4AADhEqPkjEgM5Efm44oGXNYx3N8c2QKwHwGdT MVvJWbjRk/PrINXVOux9U7ALr3F1OhHQM65zEPzOZKr8WijUsxK0SYVFtEXkR75n3c4E US+Vx+drehxMS+r2vzoCLuddueSRCmiL705lY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; b=VCpF2xUHLtUCZlRgmBdaWuvcmuXOGc7RdtMnyeIoIedo/leuyaTUIRLfDdiG0mcWiB up+stTb0vPdAqGvhFmBHepPpOsM9L/Xvz1Dd928y1f3JwmibdRARSqPpUtujssy2yyof gMf8a89zXZkCXVeAoneyoNakekOGTQzvYaj6M= Received: by 10.216.17.204 with SMTP id j54mr346036wej.108.1292399176059; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:46:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from gmail.com (host148-155-dynamic.16-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it [87.16.155.148]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o33sm696730wej.37.2010.12.14.23.46.15 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:46:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:46:09 +0100 From: Davide Petilli <7h3.k3rn31@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101215084608.GA1561@gmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20101214180343.F008310656F6@hub.freebsd.org> <20101215132000.O83735@sola.nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101215132000.O83735@sola.nimnet.asn.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: ACPI error message X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:46:17 -0000 On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 01:54:09PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > the full /var/run/dmesg.boot and details of your hardware (make, model); > I've not seen an 'INSYDE' ACPI BIOS before, but others may know of it. > > The first ACPI Error message indicates not being able to access the > Embedded Controller (EC), which among other problems that may cause, is > why ACPI can't get information on your battery status [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] > > There have been recent commits to acpi_ec.c and other ACPI code - you > could try booting 8.2-BETA1 from a CD or memstick to see if that helps? > - otherwise you're likely to be asked to provide info on your machine's > ASL etc. Best to be well prepared first by studying: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html > > cheers, Ian Thank you very much! I'll study the linked resource well, next I'll post on the acpi mailing list. Regards -- Davide Petili - "k3rn31" Potenza, Italy FreeBSD, Mac OSX, GNU/Debian. Geek since birth.