Unable to get APM working -- help!

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:28, security at revolutionsp.com wrote:
> > Try acpiconf -i 1
>
> Same result :/

Hmm.. what's your dmesg output when you boot verbose with ACPI enabled?

> > 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 ?

Yep.

> >> 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.

Any chance there is a new BIOS available for that system?

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

No.. If I try and look at a non existent battery slot it says 'device not 
configured' so maybe it thinks you have no batteries for some strange reason.

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