From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 09:21:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A68E61065672 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:21:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dleal@webvolution.net) Received: from front4.netvisao.pt (front4.netvisao.pt [213.228.128.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F1D0C8FC14 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:21:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dleal@webvolution.net) Received: (qmail 9387 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2008 09:21:50 -0000 Received: from av-front5.netvisao.pt (213.228.128.157) by front4.netvisao.pt with SMTP; 31 Dec 2008 09:21:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 19240 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2008 09:21:49 -0000 Received: from ar-217-129-86-43.netvisao.pt (HELO [192.168.1.200]) (dleal@[217.129.86.43]) (envelope-sender ) by av-front5.netvisao.pt (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 31 Dec 2008 09:21:49 -0000 Message-ID: <495B39D2.6080900@webvolution.net> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:22:26 +0000 From: Daniel Leal User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Smith References: <49594754.8000607@webvolution.net> <9BD84977-D59F-47E2-97A9-B6338F7E3D48@fnop.net> <495A4DC3.3060709@webvolution.net> <495A618D.8020702@webvolution.net> <495AB36D.1000804@webvolution.net> <20081231135644.X51566@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20081231135644.X51566@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: IMSS-7.0.0.3216-5.5.0.1026-16372.006 X-TM-AS-Result: No--13.616-5.0-31-1 X-imss-scan-details: No--13.616-5.0-31-1 Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is acpi working well ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:21:53 -0000 This machine has almost 2 years old. Before I install FBSD the battery last like 2 hours. But now... I already load tochiba_acpi in loader.conf, but nothing new... I am going to turn on acpi verbosity to see what i can get from there. thanks, daniel Ian Smith wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Daniel Leal wrote: > > > Well, the hw.acpi.thermal is not shown in the sysctl hw.acpi list. Maybe that > > means that my MB does not have that kind of sensor. But if not, is there a > > way to control the CPU fan speed according to CPU work? It seams to me that > > the CPU fan is always with the same velocity. And when I had windows > > installed in this laptop I remember that when some complicated apps were > > running the sound of the fan was different. > > As Rui suggested, add 'powerd_enable=YES' to rc.conf for that. However > it does seem a bit odd that hw.acpi.thermal sysctls aren't showing up. > > > Regarding the battery, do do you think that with the following list I can > > monitor the charge and be sure that I will not have an unexpected shutdown if > > I run my laptop just on battery? > > [..] > > > hw.acpi.verbose: 0 > > If you turn that on you may get some more clues in /var/log/messages. > ie hw.acpi.verbose=1 in /boot/loader.conf > > > hw.acpi.acline: 1 > > hw.acpi.battery.life: -1 > > hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 > > hw.acpi.battery.state: 7 > > hw.acpi.battery.units: 1 > > hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5 > > I don't recall ever seeing a battery.state of 7? When fully charged my > Thinkpad T23 shows state 0, battery.life 98 to 100 (%). If your battery > is ok you should get at least 1 hour on battery, maybe 2 or 3 hours, so > that does look like a problem .. whether hardware or ACPI I can't guess. > > Is this a new machine? > > Have you tried loading acpi_toshiba(4) ? Try kldload acpi_toshiba, if > it's of any help, put acpi_toshiba_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf > > cheers, Ian > > > Rui Paulo wrote: > > > > > > On 30 Dec 2008, at 17:59, Daniel Leal wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > > > > > So that means that simply my laptop is not able to deal with it, or maybe > > > > in a future FreeBSD release it could work? > > > > > > Yes, but, of course, you can try to find the problem and I'll try to help > > > you with a fix if time permits :-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > -- > > > Rui Paulo >