On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 11:37 AM Marcelo Laia <marcelol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Debian Users, > > I’m encountering an issue with my wife’s Dell laptop running Debian. During > boot, the process halts with the following error message displayed: > > [ 96.594541] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > 00000000066678e2 (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 96.595170] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.B0D4.PPCC due to > previous error (AE_AML_INTERNAL) (20240322/psparse-529) > > Pressing the ESC key allows the system to continue booting normally, and the > system doesn’t seem to exhibit any noticeable performance issues afterward. > > Here’s the output of dmesg | grep ACPI: > > root@user:~# dmesg | grep ACPI > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000007a46e000-0x000000007a46efff] ACPI NVS > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000007a565000-0x000000007a566fff] ACPI > data > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000008a5ac000-0x000000008a5ecfff] ACPI > data > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000008a5ed000-0x000000008aed5fff] ACPI NVS > [ 0.000000] reserve setup_data: [mem > 0x000000007a46e000-0x000000007a46efff] ACPI NVS > [ 0.000000] reserve setup_data: [mem > 0x000000007a565000-0x000000007a566fff] ACPI data > [ 0.000000] reserve setup_data: [mem > 0x000000008a5ac000-0x000000008a5ecfff] ACPI data > [ 0.000000] reserve setup_data: [mem > 0x000000008a5ed000-0x000000008aed5fff] ACPI NVS > [ 0.000000] efi: ACPI=0x8a5b9000 ACPI 2.0=0x8a5b9000 SMBIOS=0xf0000 SMBIOS > 3.0=0xf0020 TPMFinalLog=0x8ae76000 ESRT=0x8b286698 MEMATTR=0x87c21018 > MOKvar=0x8b329000 INITRD=0x7a569118 TPMEventLog=0x8a5ac018 > [ 0.008364] ACPI: Early table checksum verification disabled > [ 0.008367] ACPI: RSDP 0x000000008A5B9000 000024 (v02 DELL ) > [ 0.008370] ACPI: XSDT 0x000000008A5B90C0 000104 (v01 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008375] ACPI: FACP 0x000000008A5DE680 00010C (v05 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008380] ACPI: DSDT 0x000000008A5B9258 025425 (v02 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008383] ACPI: FACS 0x000000008AED3180 000040 > [ 0.008385] ACPI: APIC 0x000000008A5DE790 0000BC (v03 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008388] ACPI: FPDT 0x000000008A5DE850 000044 (v01 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008391] ACPI: FIDT 0x000000008A5DE898 0000AC (v01 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008393] ACPI: MCFG 0x000000008A5DE948 00003C (v01 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 MSFT 00000097) > [ 0.008396] ACPI: HPET 0x000000008A5DE988 000038 (v01 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 AMI. 0005000B) > [ 0.008399] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5DE9C0 000359 (v01 SataRe SataTabl > 00001000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008402] ACPI: BOOT 0x000000008A5DED20 000028 (v01 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008404] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5DED48 0012DE (v02 SaSsdt SaSsdt > 00003000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008407] ACPI: HPET 0x000000008A5E0028 000038 (v01 INTEL KBL-ULT > 00000001 MSFT 0000005F) > [ 0.008410] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E0060 000825 (v02 INTEL xh_OEMBD > 00000000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008412] ACPI: UEFI 0x000000008A5E0888 000042 (v01 > 00000000 00000000) > [ 0.008415] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E08D0 0017AE (v02 CpuRef CpuSsdt > 00003000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008418] ACPI: LPIT 0x000000008A5E2080 000094 (v01 INTEL KBL-ULT > 00000000 MSFT 0000005F) > [ 0.008421] ACPI: WSMT 0x000000008A5E2118 000028 (v01 DELL CBX3 > 00000000 MSFT 0000005F) > [ 0.008423] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E2140 000141 (v02 INTEL HdaDsp > 00000000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008426] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E2288 00029F (v02 INTEL sensrhub > 00000000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008429] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E2528 003002 (v02 INTEL PtidDevc > 00001000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008431] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E5530 000517 (v02 INTEL TbtTypeC > 00000000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008434] ACPI: DBGP 0x000000008A5E5A48 000034 (v01 INTEL > 00000002 MSFT 0000005F) > [ 0.008437] ACPI: DBG2 0x000000008A5E5A80 000054 (v00 INTEL > 00000002 MSFT 0000005F) > [ 0.008439] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E5AD8 0007AC (v02 INTEL UsbCTabl > 00001000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008442] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008A5E6288 004E1D (v02 DptfTa DptfTabl > 00001000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.008445] ACPI: MSDM 0x000000008A5EB0A8 000055 (v03 DELL CBX3 > 06222004 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008448] ACPI: SLIC 0x000000008A5EB100 000176 (v03 DELL CBX3 > 01072009 MSFT 00010013) > [ 0.008450] ACPI: BGRT 0x000000008A5EB278 000038 (v00 > 01072009 AMI 00010013) > [ 0.008453] ACPI: TPM2 0x000000008A5EB2B0 000034 (v03 DELL CBX3 > 00000001 AMI 00000000) > [ 0.008456] ACPI: DMAR 0x000000008A5EB2E8 0000CC (v01 INTEL KBL > 00000001 INTL 00000001) > [ 0.008458] ACPI: Reserving FACP table memory at [mem > 0x8a5de680-0x8a5de78b] > [ 0.008459] ACPI: Reserving DSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5b9258-0x8a5de67c] > [ 0.008460] ACPI: Reserving FACS table memory at [mem > 0x8aed3180-0x8aed31bf] > [ 0.008461] ACPI: Reserving APIC table memory at [mem > 0x8a5de790-0x8a5de84b] > [ 0.008461] ACPI: Reserving FPDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5de850-0x8a5de893] > [ 0.008462] ACPI: Reserving FIDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5de898-0x8a5de943] > [ 0.008463] ACPI: Reserving MCFG table memory at [mem > 0x8a5de948-0x8a5de983] > [ 0.008464] ACPI: Reserving HPET table memory at [mem > 0x8a5de988-0x8a5de9bf] > [ 0.008464] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5de9c0-0x8a5ded18] > [ 0.008465] ACPI: Reserving BOOT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5ded20-0x8a5ded47] > [ 0.008466] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5ded48-0x8a5e0025] > [ 0.008467] ACPI: Reserving HPET table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e0028-0x8a5e005f] > [ 0.008467] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e0060-0x8a5e0884] > [ 0.008468] ACPI: Reserving UEFI table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e0888-0x8a5e08c9] > [ 0.008469] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e08d0-0x8a5e207d] > [ 0.008469] ACPI: Reserving LPIT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e2080-0x8a5e2113] > [ 0.008470] ACPI: Reserving WSMT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e2118-0x8a5e213f] > [ 0.008471] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e2140-0x8a5e2280] > [ 0.008472] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e2288-0x8a5e2526] > [ 0.008472] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e2528-0x8a5e5529] > [ 0.008473] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e5530-0x8a5e5a46] > [ 0.008474] ACPI: Reserving DBGP table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e5a48-0x8a5e5a7b] > [ 0.008475] ACPI: Reserving DBG2 table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e5a80-0x8a5e5ad3] > [ 0.008475] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e5ad8-0x8a5e6283] > [ 0.008476] ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5e6288-0x8a5eb0a4] > [ 0.008477] ACPI: Reserving MSDM table memory at [mem > 0x8a5eb0a8-0x8a5eb0fc] > [ 0.008477] ACPI: Reserving SLIC table memory at [mem > 0x8a5eb100-0x8a5eb275] > [ 0.008478] ACPI: Reserving BGRT table memory at [mem > 0x8a5eb278-0x8a5eb2af] > [ 0.008479] ACPI: Reserving TPM2 table memory at [mem > 0x8a5eb2b0-0x8a5eb2e3] > [ 0.008480] ACPI: Reserving DMAR table memory at [mem > 0x8a5eb2e8-0x8a5eb3b3] > [ 0.013642] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1808 > [ 0.013648] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013650] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013651] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013652] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x04] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013652] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x05] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013653] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x06] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013654] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x07] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013654] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x08] high edge lint[0x1]) > [ 0.013683] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl) > [ 0.013685] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level) > [ 0.013688] ACPI: Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information > [ 0.013689] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a701 base: 0xfed00000 > [ 0.063711] ACPI: Core revision 20240322 > [ 0.190516] ACPI: PM: Registering ACPI NVS region [mem > 0x7a46e000-0x7a46efff] (4096 bytes) > [ 0.190516] ACPI: PM: Registering ACPI NVS region [mem > 0x8a5ed000-0x8aed5fff] (9342976 bytes) > [ 0.192942] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5 > [ 0.192942] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device) > [ 0.192942] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device) > [ 0.192942] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions) > [ 0.192942] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device) > [ 0.228160] ACPI: 11 ACPI AML tables successfully acquired and loaded > [ 0.228366] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.228698] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.228843] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.232128] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored > [ 0.236648] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: > [ 0.236654] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8F9D81310C00 0003FF (v02 PmRef Cpu0Cst > 00003001 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.236876] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.237139] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.237198] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.237565] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: > [ 0.237570] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8FA174B1B800 00058B (v02 PmRef Cpu0Ist > 00003000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.237877] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.238142] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.238201] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.239118] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: > [ 0.239123] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8F9D80198000 000D14 (v02 PmRef ApIst > 00003000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.240403] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.240666] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.240723] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.241082] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: > [ 0.241086] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8F9D81317400 000317 (v02 PmRef ApHwp > 00003000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.241317] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.241579] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.241637] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.242000] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load: > [ 0.242004] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF8F9D81314C00 00030A (v02 PmRef ApCst > 00003000 INTL 20160422) > [ 0.242237] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.242501] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.242558] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > (_ptrval_) (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 0.247367] ACPI: EC: EC started > [ 0.247368] ACPI: EC: interrupt blocked > [ 0.253882] ACPI: EC: EC_CMD/EC_SC=0x934, EC_DATA=0x930 > [ 0.253885] ACPI: \SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV: Boot DSDT EC used to handle > transactions > [ 0.253886] ACPI: Interpreter enabled > [ 0.253921] ACPI: PM: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5) > [ 0.253922] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing > [ 0.253953] PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use > "pci=nocrs" and report a bug > [ 0.254447] ACPI: Enabled 7 GPEs in block 00 to 7F > [ 0.260186] ACPI: \SB.PCI0.RP06.PXSX.WRST: New power resource > [ 0.281189] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-fe]) > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKA configured for IRQ 10 > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKB configured for IRQ 10 > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKC configured for IRQ 11 > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKD configured for IRQ 11 > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKE configured for IRQ 11 > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKF configured for IRQ 11 > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKG configured for IRQ 11 > [ 0.293655] ACPI: PCI: Interrupt link LNKH configured for IRQ 11 > [ 0.300047] ACPI: EC: interrupt unblocked > [ 0.300048] ACPI: EC: event unblocked > [ 0.300053] ACPI: EC: EC_CMD/EC_SC=0x934, EC_DATA=0x930 > [ 0.300055] ACPI: EC: GPE=0x6e > [ 0.300057] ACPI: \SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV: Boot DSDT EC initialization complete > [ 0.300059] ACPI: \SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV: EC: Used to handle transactions and > events > [ 0.300352] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing > [ 0.332323] pnp: PnP ACPI init > [ 0.337426] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices > [ 0.358185] DMAR: ACPI device "device:6b" under DMAR at fed91000 as 00:15.0 > [ 0.855927] ACPI: thermal: Thermal Zone [THM] (25 C) > [ 1.477345] ACPI: button: Lid Switch [LID0] > [ 1.477490] ACPI: button: Power Button [PBTN] > [ 1.477555] ACPI: button: Sleep Button [SBTN] > [ 1.477639] ACPI: button: Power Button [PWRF] > [ 1.526129] ACPI: bus type drm_connector registered > [ 1.574032] ACPI: battery: Slot [BAT0] (battery present) > [ 1.622883] ACPI: bus type USB registered > [ 2.171699] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00(SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) > filtered out > [ 2.171716] ata1.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00(DEVICE CONFIGURATION > OVERLAY) filtered out > [ 2.179416] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00(SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) > filtered out > [ 2.179434] ata1.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00(DEVICE CONFIGURATION > OVERLAY) filtered out > [ 4.327761] ACPI: video: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no > post: no) > [ 96.450344] ACPI: AC: AC Adapter [AC] (off-line) > [ 96.456687] ACPI Warning: \_SB.IETM._TRT: Return Package has no elements > (empty) (20240322/nsprepkg-94) > [ 96.594541] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package > 00000000066678e2 (20240322/dsargs-301) > [ 96.595170] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.B0D4.PPCC due to > previous error (AE_AML_INTERNAL) (20240322/psparse-529) > root@user:~# > > I’ve tried basic troubleshooting steps, but the issue persists. I’d > appreciate guidance on how to: > > Resolve this error to avoid needing to press ESC during boot. > Understand if this indicates a deeper issue with the system that might > require attention. > > Debian testing up to date > Dell Inspiron 5570 Bios up to date > > If any additional information or logs are needed, please let me know. Thank > you for your assistance!
Update the BIOS or UEFI. That should be your first step with any ACPI errors. It should also be your first step when you have problems with S3/S4/S5 power states, like sleep and hibernate. You can check the BIOS or UEFI revision with dmidecode. Jeff
