FIXED Re: kern/89879: [acpi] ACPI-0438: *** Error: Looking up [Z00C] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND

[dwerner1974]

The following reply was made to PR kern/89879; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: dwerner1974 <dwerner1974 at yahoo.com>
To: Ariff Abdullah <ariff at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: FIXED Re: kern/89879: [acpi] ACPI-0438: *** Error: Looking up [Z00C] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:36:41 -0800 (PST)

 Thanks for your help again, Ariff...it's finally
 fixed.
 
 My laptop now boots like it should and when I unplug
 it i can now see the remaining battery life.
 
 lepus% apm
 APM version: 1.2
 APM Management: Enabled
 AC Line status: off-line
 Battery Status: high
 Remaining battery life: 99%
 Remaining battery time:  2:56:00
 Number of batteries: 2
 Battery 0:
         Battery Status: high
         Remaining battery life: 99%
         Remaining battery time:  2:56:00
 Battery 1:
 not present
 Resume timer: unknown
 Resume on ring indicator: disabled
 
 
 --- Ariff Abdullah <ariff at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
 
 > On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 18:00:21 GMT
 > "Dana H. Myers" <dana.myers at gmail.com> wrote:
 > > The following reply was made to PR kern/89879; it
 > has been noted by
 > > GNATS.
 > > 
 > > From: "Dana H. Myers" <dana.myers at gmail.com>
 > > To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, 
 > dwerner1974 at yahoo.com
 > > Cc:  
 > > Subject: Re: kern/89879: [acpi] ACPI-0438: ***
 > Error: Looking up
 > > [Z00C] in
 > >  namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND
 > > Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 09:55:19 -0800
 > > 
 > >  I see the same problem on the Acer Ferrari 4005,
 > where Z00C isn't
 > >  defined and thus the battery status method fails.
 > >  
 > This is actually easy to fix, provided that you know
 > how to dump, edit
 > and recompile your acpi dsdt using acpidump(8) and
 > iasl(8). Take a
 > look at
 > http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/acer_ferrari/ for
 > an example
 > on how to tweak and recover the functionality of
 > battery status
 > method.
 > 
 > --
 > Ariff Abdullah
 > FreeBSD
 > 
 
 
 
 		
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