Unable to get APM working -- help!

security at revolutionsp.com security at revolutionsp.com
Sat Dec 25 22:03:25 PST 2004


> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:25, security at revolutionsp.com wrote:
>> Indeed, I do have a /dev/apm with APM off and ACPI on, but..
>>
>> APM version: 1.2
>> APM Management: Enabled
>> AC Line status: unknown
>> Battery Status: charging
>> Remaining battery life: invalid value (0xffffffff)
>> Remaining battery time: unknown
>> Number of batteries: 0
>>
>> # acpiconf -i0
>> acpiconf: get battery info (0) failed: Device not configured
>>
>> o CPU Frequency: 1600ghz
>> o Battery left : -1%
>> o Battery time : -1 hrs
>> o Wireless stat: Radio is ON
>
> Try acpiconf -i 1
>
Same result :/

>> Neither APM or acpiconf or estctrl (it's a port) are doing their jobs.
>> estctrl was correctly lowering the CPU clock to 600ghz, when there was
>> no
>
> I prefer acpi_pcc http://www.spa.is.uec.ac.jp/~nfukuda/software/ which I
> believe does the same thing but only needs a kernel module to work.

Does it work on Pentium-M ?

>
>> load, and maxing it (1.6GHz) under load, but with ACPI off. With ACPI on
>> it's always at 1.6GHz. Plus, I've noticed the 'top' CPU values are plain
>> wrong. I was compiling thunderbird, xmms, and firefox and it showed all
>> processes with 0.00% CPU.
>
> Do your kernel and userland match?

5.3-RELEASE from cd and a custom kernel I built. I've just tested, and the
results are widly innacurate ONLY with ACPI turned on.. weird.

>
>> Are there any battery status/etc KDE applications? I've searched, and
>> found none.
>
> There is a klaptop system tray doodad which works for me, although..
> [inchoate 12:10] /usr/src >acpiconf -i 0
> Battery 0 information
> Design capacity:        71590 mWh
> Last full capacity:     71590 mWh
> Technology:             secondary (rechargeable)
> Design voltage:         11100 mV
> Capacity (warn):        3000 mWh
> Capacity (low):         1000 mWh
> Low/warn granularity:   200 mWh
> Warn/full granularity:  200 mWh
> Model number:           DELL 0004P2
> Serial number:          1975
> Type:                   LION
> OEM info:               Sony
> State:
> Present Rate:           Unknown
> Remaining Capacity:     71590 mWh
> Volt:                   12537 mV
> [inchoate 12:10] /usr/src >apm
> APM version: 1.2
> APM Management: Enabled
> AC Line status: on-line
> Battery Status: high
> Remaining battery life: 100%
> Remaining battery time: unknown
> Number of batteries: 2
> Battery 0:
>         Battery Status: high
>         Remaining battery life: 100%
>         Remaining battery time:  0:00:00
> Battery 1:
> not present
> Resume timer: unknown
> Resume on ring indicator: disabled
>

Did you have to do anything in special to make -i 0 work? (it says device
not configured to me.. perhaps I missed something)


>> Here is a dmesg:
>>
>> Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project.
>> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights
>> reserved.
>> FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #1: Sat Dec 25 03:41:40 WET 2004
>>     hugo at porntatil.bsdlan.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/laptop-kernel
>> WARNING: debug.mpsafenet forced to 0 as ipsec requires Giant
>> WARNING: MPSAFE network stack disabled, expect reduced performance.
>> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
>> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz (1598.65-MHz 686-class CPU)
>>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6d6  Stepping = 6
>>
>> Features=0xafe9f9bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PA
>>T,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,PBE> real memory  = 535691264
>> (510 MB)
>> avail memory = 514539520 (490 MB)
>> acpi0: <ACER Kestrel> on motherboard
>> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
>> acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1d> port 0x66,0x62 on acpi0
>> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
>> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
>> cpu0: <ACPI CPU (3 Cx states)> on acpi0
>> acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
>> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
>> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
>> agp0: <Intel Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff at
>> device 0.0 on pci0
>> pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
>> pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
>> pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
>> pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
>> pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
>> uhci0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> port 0x1800-0x181f
>> irq
>> 6 at device 29.0 on pci0
>> uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> usb0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
>> usb0: USB revision 1.0
>> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>> uhci1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> port 0x1820-0x183f
>> irq
>> 6 at device 29.1 on pci0
>> uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
>> usb1: USB revision 1.0
>> uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>> uhci2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> port 0x1840-0x185f
>> irq
>> 6 at device 29.2 on pci0
>> uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
>> usb2: USB revision 1.0
>> uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>> uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>> pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.7 (no driver attached)
>> pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
>> pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
>> bfe0: <Broadcom BCM4401 Fast Ethernet> mem 0xd0204000-0xd0205fff irq 6
>> at
>> device 2.0 on pci2
>> miibus0: <MII bus> on bfe0
>> bmtphy0: <BCM4401 10/100baseTX PHY> on miibus0
>> bmtphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>> bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:c0:9f:6a:8e:1c
>> bfe0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> pci2: <network> at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
>> cbb0: <PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xd0209000-0xd0209fff irq 10 at device
>> 6.0
>> on pci2
>> cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
>> pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
>> fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> mem
>> 0xd0200000-0xd0203fff,0xd020a000-0xd020a7ff irq 10 at device 6.2 on pci2
>> fwohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=1)
>> fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4.
>> fwohci0: EUI64 00:c0:9f:00:00:32:14:de
>> fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 2 ports.
>> fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
>> firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
>> fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
>> if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:c0:9f:32:14:de
>> fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:c0:9f:32:14:de
>> sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
>> fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
>> fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
>> firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
>> firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
>> pci2: <mass storage> at device 6.3 (no driver attached)
>> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
>> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
>> atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port
>> 0x1860-0x186f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0
>> ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
>> ata1: channel #1 on atapci0
>> pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
>> pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached)
>> pci0: <simple comms> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
>> acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
>> acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
>> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
>> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
>> kbd0 at atkbd0
>> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
>> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
>> npx0: [FAST]
>> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
>> npx0: INT 16 interface
>> orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem
>> 0xe0000-0xe3fff,0xdf800-0xdffff,0xd0000-0xd17ff,0xc0000-0xcffff on isa0
>> pmtimer0 on isa0
>> ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
>> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
>> sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> sio0: port may not be enabled
>> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
>> sio0: type 8250 or not responding
>> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> sio1: port may not be enabled
>> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on
>> isa0
>> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1598649123 Hz quality 800
>> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
>> WARNING: apm_saver module requires apm enabled
>> IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
>> acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 8 steps (100% to 12.5%), currently 100.0%
>> ad0: 57231MB <TOSHIBA MK6025GAS/KA200A> [116280/16/63] at ata0-master
>> UDMA100 acd0: DVDR <Slimtype DVDRW SOSW-852S/PRS9> at ata1-master UDMA33
>> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a
>> Enhanced Speedstep running at 1600 MHz
>> iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG MiniPCI> mem 0xd0208000-0xd0208fff
>> irq
>> 10 at device 4.0 on pci2
>> iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:35:8d:db:e3
>> iwi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
>> iwi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
>> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>> iwi0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0x18c0-0x18ff,0x1c00-0x1cff mem
>> 0xd0000800-0xd00008ff,0xd0000c00-0xd0000dff irq 10 at device 31.5 on
>> pci0
>> pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> pcm0: <Unknown AC97 Codec (id = 0x43585430)>
>>
>> > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:20, security at revolutionsp.com wrote:
>> >> Still, /dev/apm*'s never show up. Except if I actually disable APM
>> and
>> >> enable ACPI instead, /dev/apm will show.. but no /dev/apmctl.
>> >>
>> >> I'm new to the laptop world and I really would like to enable power
>> >> saving
>> >> features on this laptop.. I managed to get est/estctrl running, and
>> it
>> >> was
>> >> changing my CPU from 600 to 1600 ghz according to the load, but when
>> I
>> >> disabled APM and enabled ACPI this ceases to work and the CPU will
>> >> always
>> >> run at  1600ghz. Also, acpiconf -i0 says device not configured..
>> >
>> > Use ACPI.
>> > It will provide an APM like interface (/dev/apm) for userland apps to
>> use
>> > to
>> > get info.
>> >
>> > It's possible your laptop doesn't even _do_ APM :)
>> >
>> >> As far as I was able to see, most battery monitoring stuff
>> (integrated
>> >> on
>> >> KDE and all) will depend on APM.. So I'd really like to enable it!
>> >
>> > ACPI will allow you to do this plus a lot more.
>> >
>> > If you want to do things based on power related state changes (eg lid
>> > close,
>> > power button press, AC unplugged etc..) you can use devd which can
>> > respond to
>> > ACPI events.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
>> > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
>> > "The nice thing about standards is that there
>> > are so many of them to choose from."
>> >   -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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