[ltp] Re: can not open /dev/thinkpad

[Rob Walker]

On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 23:37, Thomas Hood wrote:
> *** List MOVED use linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org for future postings ***On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 07:36, Rob Walker wrote:
> > Oct 15 22:27:06 tp600x kernel: thinkpad: I have registered to handle major: 10 minor: 170.
> > Oct 15 22:27:06 tp600x kernel: superio: Super I/O chip (non-virgin) in plug-n-play mode found at port base 0x2e. :-)
> > Oct 15 22:27:06 tp600x kernel: superio: I/O ports for Super I/O chip not available, but ignoring this.
> > Oct 15 22:28:22 tp600x kernel: smapi: 32-bit protected mode SMAPI BIOS found. :-)
> > Oct 15 22:32:21 tp600x kernel: rtcmosram: I/O ports for RT CMOS RAM not available, but ignoring this.
> 
> Everything looks fine.
> 
> Try tpctl --ic             (uses only rtcmosram module)
> Try tpctl --ib             (uses only smapi module)
> Try tpctl --pma            (uses only smapi module)
> Try tpctl --rf             (uses only superio module)

tp600x:~# lsmod | grep thinkpad
thinkpad                2548   0  [rtcmosram smapi superio]

tp600x:~# for i in ic ib pma rf ; do { echo; echo $i; tpctl --$i; };
done

ic
tpctl: System error message is: No such device
tpctl: Can't open device file /dev/thinkpad with flags O_RDONLY. 
Exiting.

ib
tpctl: System error message is: No such device
tpctl: Can't open device file /dev/thinkpad with flags O_RDONLY. 
Exiting.

pma
tpctl: System error message is: No such device
tpctl: Can't open device file /dev/thinkpad with flags O_RDONLY. 
Exiting.

rf
tpctl: System error message is: No such device
tpctl: Can't open device file /dev/thinkpad with flags O_RDONLY. 
Exiting.
tp600x:~#

rob