Re: [ACPI-sppt] ACPI not writing to /proc/acpi/event

I just found a beta BIOS from TYAN.  After install that ACPI works a bit 
better.  Now I can get a single message from the power button.  However if I 
press it again I don't get a message.   I have to reboot before it will send 
messages again.  I still wouldn't mind reading up on dsdt if anyone know a 
good doc/howto/book.

On Tuesday 23 September 2003 7:00 pm, Carl L. Gilbert wrote:
> Your next step is to apply the dsdt patch.  I think it will use your
> built in dsdt by default!?  (could someone answer that one for me?)
>
> Then if that does not work, time to decompile and fix your dsdt.
>
> Thats what I have done.  Seems like that is what you need.  Especially
> since yours is so drastically broken it seems.
>
> CL
>
> On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 16:31, Brett Blackham wrote:
> > No I havn't done anything with DSDT patch.  I read a little bit about it.
> >  I stoped reading after step 3 of:
> > http://acpi.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/HowToOverrideTable
> >
> > I could only find one dsdt table in the acpi.sf.net database and it was
> > for a different board.
> >
> > On Tuesday 23 September 2003 1:19 pm, Carl L. Gilbert wrote:
> > > I would then suggest you build the kernel with debug on.  If that does
> > > not work, as you have suggested, then you probably need to fix your
> > > DSDT.  Are you using a DSDT/applied the DSDT patch??
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > CL
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 13:37, Brett Blackham wrote:
> > > > Okay, I havn't been 100% open with you.  I do have acpid 1.0.2
> > > > installed. I have it start up in the rc3.d.  I would first tail -f
> > > > /var/log/acpid and /var/log/messages then press the power button. 
> > > > Then I would shutdown acpid and then cat /proc/acpi/events.  (I
> > > > couldn't cat it when acpid was running). I also had acpid configured
> > > > with the event/default calling a sciprt that would just log what it
> > > > recived like so: $1 >> /tmp/1.log and $2 >> /2.log. Thus I feel its
> > > > safe to say ACPI is not sending any messages.
> > > >
> > > > In my many kernel builds I did some with debug and some without. 
> > > > Result was the same.  I wouldn't recive any /var/log/messages or
> > > > /var/log/acpid events and my /tmp/2.log and 1.log files would be
> > > > empty.
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday 23 September 2003 10:29 am, Carl L. Gilbert wrote:
> > > > > you are not running acpid are you? if not try installing that and
> > > > > seeing what it says.
> > > > >
> > > > > Didi you build your kernel with ACPI debugging enabled?  If not,
> > > > > rebuild with ACPI enabled so you can see the events in the log.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > CL
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 12:18, Brett Blackham wrote:
> > > > > > I've never cared much more modules so I've been building it all
> > > > > > into the kernel.  As for the monitoring I was just doing a 'cat
> > > > > > /proc/acpi/events'. Thanks for the feedback can you think of
> > > > > > anything else I might try.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Monday 22 September 2003 10:20 pm, Carl L. Gilbert wrote:
> > > > > > > make sure you build the stuff into the kernel.  if you make the
> > > > > > > stuff modules, make sure you load the modules before you try to
> > > > > > > use ACPI stuff.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > as for the one time events, make sure you are monitoring it
> > > > > > > correctly. I had that problem but it was because of my
> > > > > > > monitoring script I created.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > CL
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 19:52, Brett Blackham wrote:
> > > > > > > > I have ACPI built into the kernel but I can't see any
> > > > > > > > messages in event when I cat it.  I played around with a
> > > > > > > > couple of different kernels and got it to work for a little
> > > > > > > > bit.  When it was working I could only press the power button
> > > > > > > > once and it would receive that one event.  When I pressed it
> > > > > > > > again nothing was sent.  It would not receive an event until
> > > > > > > > I powered down and back up.  In my attempt to get it working
> > > > > > > > 100% of the time I seemed to have broken it further. I can't
> > > > > > > > even get it to receive the first message now.  I tried nearly
> > > > > > > > every combo of kernel .config but can't get it back the way
> > > > > > > > it once was.   I didn't save the .config file of the almost
> > > > > > > > working kernel but I'm sure in my nearly 30 different kernel
> > > > > > > > builds and BIOS configs I've came across the same kernel
> > > > > > > > config which leads me to believe its buggy.  (Guess thats why
> > > > > > > > I had to select allow experamental code to get the ACPI
> > > > > > > > section)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might get this
> > > > > > > > working?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > System:  Redhat 8.0 base w/ Gentoo hardened 2.4.21 kernel.
> > > > > > > > Motherboard: Tyan S2721-533 V1.01
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
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