From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 20:15:23 2004 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 9EDD916A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:15:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail2.speakeasy.net (mail2.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5611243D48 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:15:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 4077 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2004 20:15:22 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 30 Nov 2004 20:10:59 -0000 Received: from qa4379.itdev.weather.com (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAUKAW0B089425; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:10:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:07:17 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20041130092128.GA79054@totem.fix.no> In-Reply-To: <20041130092128.GA79054@totem.fix.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200411301407.17081.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Espen Tagestad Subject: Re: ACPI differences 4.10 - 5.3, laptop problem 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, 30 Nov 2004 20:15:23 -0000 On Tuesday 30 November 2004 04:21 am, Espen Tagestad wrote: > Hi, > > I have run FreeBSD 4 on my laptop for a couple of years know, and as > ACPI was included in 4.9 (or was it 4.10) I was quite satisfied with the > situation. Now, I've upgraded to 5.3 on ACPI is no longer working. With > acpi enabled, the laptop starts but after 10-15 seconds it stops and > won't respond to anything. Currently it runs without ACPI with the > thermal coolers on full speed. It's irritating, and it'll probably eat > up the batteries much faster than running with ACPI. Just a note: ACPI in 4.x is mostly a joke (I know, I did the backport). All it really does is make sure the power button works as well as the timer and maybe simple CPU throttling. The thermal stuff might work (fan control, etc.) but it's not guaranteed. ACPI in 5.x is much more mature though it seems to have a problem on your particular machine. Can you boot a 5.x kernel with ACPI enabled over a serial console to capture the dmesg to a log and e-mail it back? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org