Re: acpi trouble

[Matteo Giani <giani_matteo@pcteor1.mi.infn.it>]

> > the only problem is, my battery seems not to generate any events (i
> > checked with acpi_listen), except when plugging/unplugging from AC
> > power. in particular, it doesn't generate any event when it's
> > charging/discharging (even at very low levels).
> >      
> Does it work when the charging/discharging events are triggered directly
> by Gnome? (e.g., if you tell the battery icon on the systray to be
> visible just on charge/discharge).
>    
i haven't tested it yet. i've used xfce (now fluxbox) and the plugin 
worked. but i don't know how it works. does it use acpi events, or does 
it independently checks the status of the battery? (as an.. user level 
daemon?)
>    
> > since those events are created by the kernel ( i'm using a vanilla
> > 2.6.32-5, the battery module is auto loaded) and since the status of the
> > battery (in /sys/....BAT0) is indeed updated every 30 s (or so), the
> > questions are:
> >
> > 1) how do i force the kernel produce those events? is there a way?
> > 2) shoud i consider an upgrade of the bios?
> > 3) what about other laptops? do anybody share this problem?
> >      
> I guess the events should be automatically detected by the kernel. If
> they're not, maybe something is broken (DSDT tables, ACPI BIOS...).
>
> Do you have loaded "eeepc_laptop" module? :-?
>    

can't check that now, but i'll do that later. yesterday, btw, i tried to 
have a look at the kernel configuration..

> I would also post this message into Debian eeepc devel mailing list, it's
> quite possible you can hit more replies on this matter in there:
>
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-eeepc-devel/
>
> Greetings,
>
>    

thanks for your reply :)

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