Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:41:43 GMT From: Dominique Werner <unix@dominique-werner.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/102026: Fix ACPI Problems on Acer Travelmate 4100 Series Message-ID: <200608141741.k7EHfhxU057622@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200608141750.k7EHoJCo006506@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 102026 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Fix ACPI Problems on Acer Travelmate 4100 Series >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 14 17:50:19 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dominique Werner >Release: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD goibhniu.macs-and-unix.com 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Fri Aug 11 21:00:54 CEST 2006 domi@goibhniu.macs-and-unix.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GOIBHNIU i386 >Description: I own an "Acer Travelmate 4100" laptop that by default comes with non-working battery status. I fixed the ASL a couple of months ago and realized when upgrading my system to 6.1-RELEASE the other day that the problem still exists - using the latest BIOS from the vendor. Below you will find a diff, old and new ASL as well as dmesg. http://www.macs-and-unix.com/bsd/freebsd/ After changes have been made in /boot/loader.conf acpi_dsdt_load="YES" acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/DSDT.aml" battery status is shown as: AC Line status: off-line Battery Status: low Remaining battery life: 15% Remaining battery time: 0:21:00 Number of batteries: 2 Battery 0: Battery Status: low Remaining battery life: 15% Remaining battery time: 0:21:00 Battery 1: not present Resume timer: unknown Resume on ring indicator: disabled Maybe this can be used to fix the ACPI problems for the Acer Travelmate series. >How-To-Repeat: Install FreeBSD 6.1 on an Acer Travelmate 4100 (series) >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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