ACPI on Sony VAIO VGN-SZ5MN

[Martin Pieuchot]

Thanks for a such quick reply, 

I forgot to mention that pression the power button as you said doesn't
work...

But have you any idea of what can be the problem? As I have some free
time, I can try to compare the ACPI support for my laptop between NetBSD
4, wich is working well, and FreeBSD. If you have advices, it can help
me a lot.

Martin



On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 08:14 -0400, Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 17:18 -0300, Martin Pieuchot wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am currently using a FreeBSD/i386 7.0-STABLE on a Sony Vaio
> > VGN-SZ5MN.
> > 
> > I have some trouble with ACPI which are :
> > * I cannot boot the system when the module "acpi.ko" is not load. The
> > last msg is :
> > > PNP0c02 : adding fixed memory32 range ...
> > > pnpbios: handle 24 device ID PNP0c02
> > 
> > * I cannot standby the computer (reboot works). When I try a "halt -p"
> > the system shutdown as usual but after displaying "Powering off the
> > computer using ACPI" the display turns black but stay on power and I
> > must unplugged the cable and the battery to switch off my laptop.
> While I could not help you with your main problem, on all more or less
> modern laptops, I was able to lay my hands on, pressing the power button
> and holding it down for 8-15 seconds will turn machine off from any hang
> state. You can try that instead of unplugging the power and pulling out
> the battery.
>