Re: /proc/acpi/battery

Interesting.  I did a pa -Al and do not see acpid.  Must have died.  Can 
it be restarted?


John S. Andersen wrote:
> And acpid is running???  It didn't die did it?
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> On 25 Aug 2003 at 15:29, Kimbrell, Roy wrote:
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>>I get "No such device."  No messages in dmesg or /var/log/messages.
>>More specifically, I get
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>>/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.o: init_module: No
>>such device
>>
>>Then theres the "Hint" about how insmod errors can be caused and so
>>on.
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>>looking at battery.c, I can see where it makes a /proc/acpi/battery
>>directory and then removes it if it can't find the device (I think
>>that's what's going on)..  I've only glanced at the code, but I'm
>>guessing that ACPI hasn't detected the battery.
>>
>>Roy
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>>Nick Golder wrote:
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>>>On 03-08-25 11:57 -0500, Kimbrell, Roy wrote:
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>>>
>>>>If this question has already been answered, my apologies.
>>>>
>>>>I've built a 2.4.21 kernel with the latest acpi patch.  However,
>>>>/proc/acpi/battery isn't there in /proc/acpi.  battery.o appears 
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> in
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>>>>/lib/modules/2.4.21, but modprobe battery results in "No such
>>>>device."
>>>>
>>>>Any clues?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Roy
>>>
>>>
>>>What happens when you 'insmod battery' as root?
>>>
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