hello helen you have to fix your acpi dsdt table and patching your kernel see on acpi.sf.net you can get there a fixed dsdt table and the kernel patch
jochen becker Am Fr, den 05.03.2004 schrieb Helen Faulkner um 10:30: > Hi, > > I'm installing debian unstable onto my new Dell Inspiron 8600, and things are > going OK, but I can't get ACPI to work. > > I have the Nvidia GeForce4 4200 Go video card, which I'm running with the debian > nvidia package driver - works fine once I got XF86Config-4 right for my 1200*800 > screen. I have the A04 BIOS version from the Dell website. I've installed the > acpi and acpid packages, but they don't work. > > Using modconf to insert acpi modules gets me this kind of thing: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Installing module battery. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured > correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to a minute. > > /lib/modules/2.4.24-1-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.o: init_module: No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters. > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg > /lib/modules/2.4.24-1-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.24-1-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.24-1-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.o: insmod battery failed > > Installation failed. > > Please press ENTER when you are ready to continue. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I looked at /var/log/syslog, and it says this about acpi on bootup: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: ACPI: have wakeup address 0xc0001000 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 130990 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages. > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: zone(1): 126894 pages. > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: zone(2): 0 pages. > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: Dell Inspiron with broken BIOS detected. > Refusing to enable the local APIC. > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 DELL > ) @ 0x000fdf00 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 DELL CPi R 0x27d4010c > ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x1fff0000 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 DELL CPi R 0x27d4010c > ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x1fff0400 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 INT430 SYSFexxx 0x00001001 > MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000 > > [...] > > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20031002 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled. > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfc97e, > last bus=2 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: PCI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing > entries > Mar 5 09:19:49 mymachine kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Now various websites suggest that you can get ACPI working for this laptop, but > I haven't found one for debian, and I'm scared to try to patch the kernel or > something when I don't know what I'm doing. It seems to me that the problem is > with Dell's BIOS, but I'm hoping there is something I can do to get the acpi > stuff going. > > Does anyone have a suggestion? > > Thanks, > > Helen Faulkner > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
