[ltp] Thinkpad R40 2722: various CPUFREQ troubles

flokno linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:44:54 +0100


i only compile acpi, no apm, so there is no force avail.

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 19:14, Heiko Rosemann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, flokno wrote:
> [snip]
> > with 2.6.0-test11 battery is working.
> > but system shutdown is only possible when pressing the power button for
> > some seconds after linux shutdown.
> >
> > any hints on this?
> 
> Just found out on my desktop: ACPI tells me: 'Disabling ACPI, your BIOS is
> too old. Enable it with "acpi=force"' (on the lilo/grub/whatever prompt) You
> might try this, although I can hardly imagine the R40 BIOS to be too old (my
> desktop is a BX440 w/ P3-500, BIOS dated 2000...)
> 
> And the fact that you can read the battery status also counts against this
> to help - it indicates that ACPI is active and running.
> 
> Regards, Heiko