On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 22:38, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > The battery of my PowerBook G4 got too low and the machine was put into > sleep. I closed the lid, changed the battery, but when I reopened the > lid, I noticed that the PowerBook was in fact off. And when I switched > it on (around 21:00), the clock was set back to 1904-01-01. Here's a > /var/log/syslog excerpt: > > Jan 22 20:45:36 ay kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt > Jan 22 20:45:57 ay kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt > Jan 22 20:46:04 ay kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt > Jan 22 20:46:24 ay kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt > Jan 22 20:46:29 ay pmud[762]: running /etc/power/pwrctl warning battery > Jan 22 20:46:32 ay kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt > Jan 22 20:46:39 ay pmud[762]: battery critically low: request system sleep > Jan 22 20:46:39 ay pmud[762]: running /etc/power/pwrctl sleep battery > Jan 22 20:46:40 ay pmud[762]: going to sleep > Jan 1 00:15:17 ay syslogd 1.4.1#10: restart (remote reception). > Jan 1 00:15:17 ay kernel: klogd 1.4.1#10, log source = /proc/kmsg started. > Jan 1 00:15:17 ay kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.22-powerpc > Jan 1 00:15:18 ay kernel: Loaded 22275 symbols from > /boot/System.map-2.4.22-powerpc. > Jan 1 00:15:18 ay kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.22. > Jan 1 00:15:18 ay kernel: Loaded 104 symbols from 4 modules. > Jan 1 00:15:18 ay kernel: Memory BAT mapping: BAT2=256Mb, BAT3=0Mb, > residual: 0Mb > Jan 1 00:15:18 ay kernel: Total memory = 256MB; using 512kB for hash table > (at c0380000) > Jan 1 00:15:18 ay kernel: Linux version 2.4.22-powerpc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > (gcc version 3.3.3 20040110 (prerelease) (Debian)) #1 Wed Jan 14 17:02:37 CET > 2004 > > Where does the problem come from? I've never had one like that before. > As the kernel is quite new, I suspect that it is the cause.
I remember I had the same problem here. However I don't remember whether erasing pmud (and replacing it with the much better pbbuttonsd) or switching to kernel 2.6. fixed this issue for me. Soeren
