From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 21:52:04 2003 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 D776237B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:52:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.gargantuan.com (rrcs-se-24-73-171-238.biz.rr.com [24.73.171.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341A943F85 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:52:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michael@gargantuan.com) Received: from cyclops.gargantuan.com (cyclops.gargantuan.com [3ffe:c00:8034:a00::300]) by phoenix.gargantuan.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5797819E for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:52:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael W. Oliver" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:52:01 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <20030623134240.20258.qmail@web11401.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030623134240.20258.qmail@web11401.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306240052.01798.michael@gargantuan.com> Subject: Re: acpi patch for dell laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: michael@gargantuan.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:52:05 -0000 +--- On Monday, June 23, 2003 09:42, | Shizuka Kudo proclaimed: | | --- Julian Elischer wrote: | > doesn't work for several models.. Including Inspiron 7500. | > WHo knows enough about this to be able to look at debug info | > I have? | | John Baldwin has posted a patch which worked for me on my Thinkpad 600X | with the same "ACPI-0340" error. | | http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=214877+0+archive/2003/freebs |d-current/20030615.freebsd-current | ACPI-0340: *** Error: Could not release ACPI Global Lock, AE_BAD_PARAMETER After patching my DSDT table, I was receiving a flood of these messages as well on my Gateway SOLO-9300, but the above patch also worked for me, and now I see zero messages from ACPI. Whoo-hoo! Is there a central location where we can post DSDT patches, as well as quirks like this, for various laptop models? I would like to share mine (although I think I am the only person who has mentioned a Gateway laptop here). In case there isn't, here is some info about my machine: (if any of this looks strange, please let me know) $ sysctl hw.acpi hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S2 S3 S5 hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5 hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1 hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE hw.acpi.standby_state: S1 hw.acpi.suspend_state: S1 hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 0 hw.acpi.s4bios: 1 hw.acpi.verbose: 0 hw.acpi.disable_on_poweroff: 1 hw.acpi.cpu.max_speed: 8 hw.acpi.cpu.current_speed: 8 hw.acpi.cpu.performance_speed: 8 hw.acpi.cpu.economy_speed: 4 hw.acpi.thermal.min_runtime: 0 hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate: 5 hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 3291 hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.active: -1 hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.thermal_flags: 0 hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._PSV: 3681 hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._HOT: -1 hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._CRT: 3701 hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._ACx: 3321 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 hw.acpi.acline: 1 hw.acpi.battery.life: 100 hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 hw.acpi.battery.state: 2 hw.acpi.battery.units: 2 hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5 $ cat /etc/sysctl.conf # # the NONE setting lets the intended BIOS setting of 'lcd off' work hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=NONE # update the temperatures more often hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate=5 # the S3 setting was causing all sorts of havoc, locking the machine up # so tight that the AC and batteries had to be removed to make it # function again hw.acpi.suspend_state=S1 -- +-------------------------------------+------------------------------+ | Michael W. Oliver, CCNP | "The tree of liberty must be | | IPv6 & FreeBSD mark | refreshed from time to time | | michael@gargantuan.com | with the blood of patriots | | http://michael.gargantuan.com/ | and tyrants." | | ASpath-tree, Looking Glass, etc. | - President Thomas Jefferson | | +------------------------------+ | gpg key - http://michael.gargantuan.com/gnupg/pubkey.asc | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+