ACPI Quirk with a Compaq Evo n800v

[Drew Broadley]

In addition to this I have the current files aswel (output of acpiconf 
-i <batttery number>)


Boot Up:

    Battery 0  
    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/battery.0.before

    Battery 1
    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/battery.1.before


Swap CD-RW for Multibay Battery

    Battery 0
    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/battery.0.after

    Battery 1
    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/battery.1.after


Removed the Multibay Battery so there is only the Primary Battery Left:

    Battery 0
    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/battery.0.after.single

    Battery 1
    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/battery.1.after.single

Hope this helps aswel

- Drew


Drew Broadley wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just having some funny issues with my Compaq Evo n800v running FreeBSD 
> 5.2.1.
>
> $ uname -a
> FreeBSD taz.lan.corrupt.co.nz 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: 
> Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004     
> root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>
> Here goes:
>
> I Boot with only the Primary Battery installed and a CD-RW DVD Rom (or 
> Secondary Battery, it does not matter in what sequence I boot) in the 
> multibay.
>
> ACPI output's this:
>
>    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/hw.acpi.multibay.boot
>
> I then proceed to remove the CD-RW and hotswap it with my Secondary 
> Multibay Battery and gnome2-2.6 now detects that I have 2 batteries 
> installed
>
> ACPI output's this:
>
>    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/hw.acpi.multibay.battery
>
> I then swap back to the Multibay CD-RW and then ACPI recognises I only 
> have a SINGLE battery installed.
>
> ACPI output's this:
>
>    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/hw.acpi.multibay.cdrw
>
> I then proceed to check the acpi output when there was nothing inthe 
> multibay
>
> ACPI output's this:
>
>    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/hw.acpi.multibay.none
>
>
> I also have a dmesg output hosted:
>
>    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/dmesg
>
> and the copy of uname -a hosted:
>
>    http://proj.corrupt.co.nz/LaptopXFree86/ACPI/uname
>
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Drew
>  
>
>
>
>