Unable to get APM working -- help!

[security at revolutionsp.com]

> 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?
>

Attached it.

>> > 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.
>

I'll try it out; meanwhile, I've discovered the sysctl to change this
manually. I've checked it works by trying to compile something at the
lowest CPU clock speed. It was slow to hell :-)

>> >> 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?
>

A quick googling session brought up nothing.

>> 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.
>
I've installed klaptop and it shows battery as -1 and 'not charging'
acpiconf -i[0-9] didn't do any good either :/

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dmesg (ACPI on, boot verbose)
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