Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2010-02-03 Thread Steve McGrath
I can confirm that BIOS 1.26 fixes this. Funny, 2nd level support swore up and down that there wasn't a problem... -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2010-01-06 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I am in contact with Acer Level 2 support and they have been friendly but unable to help me out. According to them, the D250 with Windows 7 they have for testing shows no issues like this at all. It fully runs at 1.66 GHz. I was asked to return my laptop to second level support for a closer review

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-22 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
ti., 22.12.2009 kl. 22.22 +, skrev summerfk: > This bug isn't invalid. It affects a whole range of machines, not just > Lenovo. You are absolutely correct that this is a real bug, but you overestimate the area of function for this particular bug tracker. This is a BIOS bug, in a Ubuntu bug t

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-22 Thread summerfk
This bug isn't invalid. It affects a whole range of machines, not just Lenovo. -- Sent from my iPhone On 23 Dec 2009, at 02:57, rkagan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:15:29PM -, Geralt wrote: >> Is Lenovo aware of this problem? I've seen some links here to >> topics in >> their for

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-22 Thread rkagan
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:15:29PM -, Geralt wrote: > Is Lenovo aware of this problem? I've seen some links here to topics in > their forums, but no statement from Lenovo. Lenovo has no public issue tracker so you never can tell. I'm discussing the problem with their local support contact. H

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-22 Thread summerfk
Don't know. I have Acer. -- Sent from my iPhone On 22 Dec 2009, at 22:15, Geralt wrote: > Is Lenovo aware of this problem? I've seen some links here to topics > in > their forums, but no statement from Lenovo. > > -- > Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-10 Thread rkagan
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 06:47:30AM -, summerfk wrote: > I get the same problem under Windows 7 - maximum speed is 1.33GHz > [...] > machine doesn't have the issue under XP. > [...] > I wonder why XP is different? Most likely the reason is different power profiles (by default XP has EIST off).

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-03 Thread rkagan
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:25:12AM -, Runar Ingebrigtsen wrote: > I have upgraded to Karmic, so here's my SSDT2 table. Identical to mine. > Besides, I found this forum discussing how to load custom SSDT tables for > MacOS X: > > Stupid Question: Is this a possible approach in Grub? In prin

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-02 Thread rkagan
Interesting news: MSI issues a BIOS update for its Atom N280-based netbook Wind U100 Plus with a changelog: Modify the string of CPU Frequency for W7 Dunno what that means but the owner may want to check it out: http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=135&prod_no=1784

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-02 Thread rkagan
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 03:53:50AM -, Mehmet Atif Ergun wrote: > I've got a aod250-1613 (intel n280 + android + xp version) and this > affects me too. but is it possible that this is about the kernel rather > than cpufreqd (that's a deamon, right?)? As can be seen in the discussion above this

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-12-01 Thread rkagan
I just noticed that Acer released a new BIOS for AOD250, with no release notes as usual. Has anybody tried? Does it fix anything? -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-16 Thread rkagan
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:13:21PM -, Runar Ingebrigtsen wrote: > fr., 13.11.2009 kl. 09.03 +, skrev rkagan: > > The P-state tables are located in dynamic SSDTs, look at > > /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic/SSDT2 > > The dynamic folder doesn't exist in my sys acpi tree. That was added in

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-16 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
fr., 13.11.2009 kl. 09.03 +, skrev rkagan: > The P-state tables are located in dynamic SSDTs, look at > /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic/SSDT2 The dynamic folder doesn't exist in my sys acpi tree. -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You receiv

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-13 Thread rkagan
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:55:33PM -, Runar Ingebrigtsen wrote: > I did like you mentioned in that post, but I don't see the same as you > on my D250. This is my decoded SSDT file. I don't know how to point out > anything here to Acer. Your SSDT table is exactly the same as mine, except for th

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-12 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I tested the BIOS from Acer and got 1.66GHz but no power saving, as I expected after comments here. I replied with a compliment, asking for another attempt with focus on _both_ performance _and_ power saving. I also asked why we can't just get a BIOS with tables saying we have four speed steps. --

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-12 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I agree this shouldn't be a Ubuntu bug, but more people will probably look for this issue, so I suggest we keep it open until we see how it plays out with Acer. :) -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notification because you ar

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-12 Thread rkagan
I've added a comment with a few details on the matter at http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/S10-2-Wrong-Clockspeed-ACPI-Table-Error/m-p/175100#M1616. You may want to try the same techniques to isolate the problem and make it a stronger case for Acer support. Meanwhile I feel ashamed kee

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-12 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I wrote Acer, quoting your post to see what they say about that. I agree that battery time is what's most important. To me this is a case of not getting what was advertised and what was paid for. -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-11 Thread rkagan
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:35:45PM -, Runar Ingebrigtsen wrote: > "We have reached the conclusion that Intel's EIST power saving feature > is the source of varying frequency for this model. That's sorta telling the obvious. The whole point of this feature is to save power by varying the cpu c

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-11 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I received an email from Acer Norway about my Acer Aspire One D250, translated quote: "We have reached the conclusion that Intel's EIST power saving feature is the source of varying frequency for this model. In our custom BIOS' there is no switch for this feature, which means there is no choice bu

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-11-02 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I see, thank you for pointing out such obvious facts in a friendly manner. ;) -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing lis

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-10-19 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I was asked to give the Windows 7 screenshot and my serial number again, so I uploaded the screens here for the Acer people to get involved, if they want to. :) At least they're getting back to me, asking for more information, which is more than I've learned to expect from different PC makers over

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-10-15 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I'm in touch with 2nd line support for Acer Nordic, and they tell me the issue have been escalated to 3rd line support at Acer HQ. I sent a reply to notify them of the D150, too. -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-10-05 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I just received news from Acer that supposedly there's a new BIOS version coming up from Taiwan with correct ACPI tables. I have yet to receive the link but will post it here ASAP. -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notificati

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-09-30 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I have updated my BIOS with the latest version (Acer BIOS version 1.15 as of 2009/09/21) and it makes no difference. I will contact Acer for an explanation. -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

Re: [Bug 422858] Re: Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported

2009-09-30 Thread Runar Ingebrigtsen
I can confirm that the kernel is getting the wrong CPU speed from the BIOS ACPI tables. Booting with acpi=off gives me 1.66 MHz (full speed) but no frequency scaling (off course, since acpi is disabled). Does anyone know of a working coreboot image for Aspire One? ;) -- Atom N280 frequency scali