Re: Question regarding an ACPI BIOS Error (bug)
Hi there,
On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, rba777 wrote:
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[ 0.457794] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_GPE._E4A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-323)
[ 0.457802] ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
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Using apt and apt-file, I found numerous packages related to ACPI
Yes, that's to be expected. :)
It's also expected that, at startup, there will be messages logged
about workarounds for known bugs in computer firmware (e.g. BIOS).
Most of the time these messages are benign, and need no action to be
taken by you. Apart from the existence of these error messages, do
you know that there is some sort of a problem related to the messages?
... I'm running a Debian testing ...
Under most circumstances I advise a stable version, since if you use
other versions then you can almost expect to run into problems, and
you are almost expected to be able to cope with them by yourself.
Perhaps you should read
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/choosing.en.html#s3.1
but do please note that this document is out of date - it refers to
"Stretch" as the stable distribution, instead of "Buster", which has
been the stable distribustion since July 6th 2019.
... I'm not sure of the package name I should use to report ...
I wonder if the issue is in the BIOS (firmware) in your computer, not
in a Debian package. In that case you might not need to report it at
all, because it might already have been fixed, or your BIOS might be
obsolete. UEFI has been relacing BIOS almost everywhere, for several
years, so if it is the latest version, I'd almost expect any BIOS to
be obsolete and therefore not fixable. What is the computer? Exactly
what model and version, and roughly how old, is the BIOS?
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73,
Ged.
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