Unable to get APM working -- help! [no acpi_cmbat entries]

[security at revolutionsp.com]

Just a quick add, my dmesg doesn't show acpi_cmbat entries. You probably
confused my dmesg with yours (from the dmesg mail I sent you)

>> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:26, security at revolutionsp.com wrote:
>>> 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 :-)
>>
>> That's probably clock throttling which is different..
>
> Yes, the sysctl included "throttle". As I said, I'm new to the laptop
> world.. Is the power saving difference a lot if I just throttle the clock,
> instead of using enhanced speed step?
>
>>
>> [Enhanced] Speed Step reduces the clock speed and the CPU core voltage..
>> clock
>> throttling just idles the CPU for a certain proportion of the time. If
>> you
>> want slow try forcing them both to the slowest speed.. Pentium-M 75Mhz
>> :)
>>
>>> > Any chance there is a new BIOS available for that system?
>>>
>>> A quick googling session brought up nothing.
>>
>> How about say, checking the makers web site?
>>
>
> I also did, nothing :-P
>
>>> > 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 :/
>>
>> Without ACPI support being able to read your battery status no userland
>> program will work.
>>
>> Your dmesg shows acpi_cmbat entries, ie
>> acpi_cmbat0: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0
>> acpi_cmbat1: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0
>>
>> which I think is pretty fundamental to being able to read battery status
>> ;)
>>
>
> Yesterday I googled a bit for my laptop name+linux and I found a post from
> a guy who had the same exact problem under Linux. He had /proc/acpi but no
> /proc/acpi/battery.
>
> I know battery status can be seen, as the laptop shipped with win XP home,
> which I promptly got rid of, but I installed a game there to see how many
> FPS I'd get playing with the laptop. So I still messed around with it
> (windows) for around 35 minutes, and could see the little battery icon
> discharging.
>
> If the acpi_cmbat0/1 shows up on dmesg, what could be wrong? Perhaps this
> ACPI implementation is a bit weird and I should send a copy of my asl to
> freebsd-acpi ?
>
>
>>
>> --
>> Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
>> for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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>> are so many of them to choose from."
>>   -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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