Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:07:34 +0100 From: "Ulf G. Noren" <ulf.noren@bredband.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: still ACPI problems on HP Compaq nx6325 Message-ID: <200701171407.34459.ulf.noren@bredband.net> In-Reply-To: <20070117120046.7054316A5B6@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070117120046.7054316A5B6@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:20:13 +0100 > From: Michele Heurs <michele.heurs@aei.mpg.de> > Subject: still ACPI problems on HP Compaq nx6325 > To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <45ADF85D.1030402@aei.mpg.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1; format=3Dflowed > > Hi, > > in my previous mail (message ID <4517A8A1.50006@aei.mpg.de> ) I > described problems with ACPI on my HP Compaq nx6325 with freeBSD 6.1 > release. > > Meanwhile I have freeBSD 6.2 stable (of yesterday), but ACPI still > doesn't work. Booting with ACPI enabled results in the the system > being unresponsive, the mouse is "jumpy" and input is only recognised > after long delays or when the mouse is moved. > > I have attached the resulting bootlog at the end of this mail. > > Do you need any other information? Please let me know. Any help is > muchly appreciated :) Thanks! > Bye, > Mich=E8le Thank you for your notes on the HP Compaq nx6325 and FreeBSD. I have=20 been considering this machine. It has the right features and an=20 attractive price but after some investigation I'm not sure anymore. There is an ongoing discussion suggesting that the HP bios is broken,=20 i.e. poor compliance with ACPI specs. Users of recent Linux distros=20 report problems:=20 <http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?thr= eadId=3D1079573> Sorry that I can't help with the problem. Let us hope for HP to provide=20 a bios upgrade solution. =2D Ulf
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