From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 05:24:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66021106564A for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:24:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from top_gun_canada@yahoo.com) Received: from web30904.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30904.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24A418FC21 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:24:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 39814 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Apr 2010 04:57:33 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1271912253; bh=HQHyohyzq3vkTQ4At+ohndIJQGMkJrEB/gbTzXAgsZw=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=F9hAk1We0eO4CAL+5oA6Tp5F9ULWopbefI0H1YdI/eMxzFgwO61LpHlVv/TBmWIBWLE7lc2EZjuQGxK/SAxLpmIVGWVa4DyLqXkf+aE4GzQBHK6MB87StuRw4rFaSK5LpV6DhWh7nNLxsfdxkRPH/1U2SVCUSpaJ9hAjX9HVn6I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=nqTtEYCwwTBT+7vK9pcmrRIcdFd4ObJNQ/yhI0/lyWMUgiH7XjjT8Juf6bMQ89bLL0PN6t/8x6aoW2FB6MpSZruGSQaPN3zPmFBqG9la3Iiu/YrWDfJZonjOsFMjwW+o2ZwipZElhBNthas7ZD3BaA6UqJJlzPmq0adTvNvtebI=; Message-ID: <487594.39806.qm@web30904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: qd8CRX4VM1lxXavGD2XF6YkKTsxrd9t6q2QpUU61fPj04r6 WYH42wHkuV_qoBceR7Tu7xSlWhquGvlay0UjiYgPQC9r90TloJV7jiCagpHh 8dTmKSrKze9XTcVJPavNcCgd7xrHnWarTxH2JGGA.ZE4RUiGmnPjTlYCcDgq v7XghwDta5Ff1DL9tYWwC48Jx5Qif7Mfp1bC8yCHavCvmXOaE6uBqp1vfnNA aPXw_HEkg3G5kf9zq_ZwxvtSxKKVWvWsI_zsfpKLxec9p75k3LiQmk6aCkm1 d6e8nBopmo1mzOlt0XsOE Received: from [68.149.171.182] by web30904.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:57:33 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/10.1.9 YahooMailWebService/0.8.103.269680 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:57:33 -0700 (PDT) From: B J To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: "acpi_tz0: _TMP value is absurd" Message X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:24:15 -0000 I have a Compaq Presario SR2180NX, which uses a P5LP-LE motherboard. When I bought the machine second hand three years ago, I originally installed and ran FreeBSD 5.5 without the error message. I recall that it began appearing after I installed and ran 6.3, though I don't think it did under 6.2. I still receive the message now that I'm running FreeBSD 8.0. I've looked at some of the ACPI code file and didn't notice anything obvious which might be responsible for the error message. A quick solution I've used is running a file with: hw.acpi.thermal.user_override: 0 -> 1 hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate: 10 -> 1800 hw.acpi.thermal.user_override: 1 -> 0 shortly after logging in as root. The message still appears but not as often, though it doesn't fix the whatever causes the error. I've installed FreeBSD on two different models of IBM ThinkPad without the error, leading me to believe that the ACPI code might not be completely compatible with the P5LP-LE motherboard. My question is what to do next. Is there a permanent solution to this or do I have to keep using the quick fix? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you. BMJ