G Schneider wrote:
I installed fedora test2 on a Sony GRX700 laptop:
ACPI does not work. It works fine on severn beta1 and
on RH9 + vanilla 2.4.22 kernel.
If I try loading the acpi related modules I get errors
like
# /sbin/modprobe ac
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2061.nptl/kernel/drivers/acpi/ac.o:
init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module
parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the
output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2061.nptl/kernel/drivers/acpi/ac.o:
insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2061.nptl/kernel/drivers/acpi/ac.o
failed
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2061.nptl/kernel/drivers/acpi/ac.o:
insmod ac failed
in dmesg I find the line
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030916
ACPI: Interpreter disabled. <======
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9ca, last
bus=2
Instead apm is running, including the apmd daemon. Of
course on this laptop acpi is necessary for almost
everything.
I just chose the battery ICON from the panel and it was not wrking until
I modprobed battery and ac.
I then ran insmod ac and insmod battery. It came back that they were
already loaded.
BTW - The battery ICON worked right after running only modprobe on the
two modules.
Have you tried to simply run modprobe for the modules. I had trouble on
a prior computer with insmod, but it worked when modprobing instead.
ACPI is a VERY important thing to have working on this laptop also.
Jim
Upgrading to Fedora core:
2 machines upgraded from Rawhide to severn. One PIII desktop, 24
packages installed.
For this laptop (ACPI critical) 22 packages installed. Both work great,
after upgrades.
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