Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:26:05 +0200 From: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org> To: AT Matik <asstec@matik.com.br> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NB Acer [3|5]0x and ACPI Message-ID: <20050926082605.GF21906@poupinou.org> In-Reply-To: <200509251708.12267.asstec@matik.com.br> References: <20050925080324.27714.qmail@web32809.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4336E8D7.3070701@leg.uct.ac.za> <200509251708.12267.asstec@matik.com.br>
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 05:08:11PM -0300, AT Matik wrote: > hi > > i am wondering if some got this acer nb's working well on v5 or v6 > > I have an Acer 3002 and fbsd6-B5 is installing and working fine for me when > not looking at notebook issues ... > > I have no battery control at all and when it comes to end it is like a > power-failure (=off) > > I noticed zillions of "AE_whatever_battery_.." in messages and I could stop > this by > > debug.acpi.disabled="cmbat" > > in /boot/loader.conf > > I set > > apm_enable="YES" > > in rc.conf and in KDE the kdelaptopd reports "on AC"or "on Bat" but still no > powermangement and it's ever fully charged or empty > > apm is not compiled in my kernel as well as acpi is not and acpi is normally > loaded at boot > > even if I see msgs like "power_profile economy" in messages after some time of > inactivity there is no real power management > > is there anybody doing better or has suggestions? > > I saw a doc about Acer smart batteries on FBSD and ACPI, does it mean that > acpi is not working on my NB actually? This issue is not the same. It's pretty well known and require to hack a little the DSDT unfortunately. I'm not sure if one day someone will write a workaround other than to replace the DSDT alas. Could you please send to me, or better point to a web link, the output from 'acpidmp -dt'? > the page of the following link do has any chance on Fbsd? > > http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html > > So final question is if some compiled with success amd64 on this NB with > Sempron Mobile 2800+ (1600Mhz) ? > > Joćo > > btw: who wants to now the onboard broadcom WL is working very well with ndis > on 2.4 and 5.8 to my surprise -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care.
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