From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 10:26:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E352116A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:26:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 828FD43D41 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:26:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from 66.127.85.91 ([66.127.85.91]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBNIQaHQ021516 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:26:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting To: "W.K. Vladmir Ward" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:30:07 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <20031223162231.49942.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20031223162231.49942.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312231030.07572.sam@errno.com> Subject: Re: New install on Dell -- Need help X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:26:40 -0000 On Tuesday 23 December 2003 08:22 am, W.K. Vladmir Ward wrote: > Hello... > > I just installed FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE on my Dell > Inspiron 8200 last Friday and have been working to get > things running. I know a little bit about FreeBSD from > what I've picked out of the handbook, and from my past > experience with Linux, but I'm still in the dark. > > I'm having a lot of ACPI troubles, and I'm wondering > if anyone knows what the fix for the battery mis-read > error is. I've disabled APM in my kernel config > (according to some sources I've found it doesn't like > playing nice with ACPI). Also, running GKrellM with > tz0 enabled shows temp ranges from 125 to 160 degrees > F... is there some way to fix this with scaling/offset > options? I've already applied the ACPI patch to be rid > of the error messages on boot, but I'm still working > on those two problems listed above. You need to be more specific about your problems. If you're getting error messages to the console these would be useful. FWIW I just installed 5.2-RC1 on a Dell i600m and hit problems with ACPI and the battery. I see complaints about zero-sized memory allocations from UtAllocate and ACPI is unable to manage/observe the battery operation. Nate filed a bug for me: http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1728 I've also seen some oddities with suspend but haven't investigated. Sam