[ltp] T43p problem with ACPI and battery status

Dax Kelson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:35:27 -0700


On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 09:18 -0800, Osho GG wrote:
> On 11/28/05, Ziga Mahkovec <ziga.mahkovec@klika.si> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 16:06 -0800, Osho GG wrote:
> > > I have the same issue with Thinkpad T42p. I am using 2.6.14 kernel.
> > >
> > > It is very annoying to not have correct battery indication. Is there a
> > > work-around for this bug?
> >
> > Yes, it was mentioned earlier in this thread.  Modify your grub/lilo
> > configuration and include the following kernel parameter:
> >
> >   acpi_serialize
> >
> 
> I understood that this only partially solves the problem. Is that correct?
> 
> thanks,
> Osho

Using the newly released FC4 kernel-2.6.14-1.1644_FC4 (2.6.14.3 based)
and the problem is fixed with no kernel command line parameters needed.

You could also revert to the previous kernel release.

Dax Kelson
Guru Labs