Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 11:11 am, Marc Resnick wrote: No, see, the config menu that tells you that you don't have ACPI installed...it's not there. It's the weirdest thing. It's just...gone. What? No menu in: Configuration KDE Power Control? I thought it's a default menu and will always be there. By the way, how did you enable ACPI? I did it from MDK Control Panel Boot DrakBoot Lilo Tick mark on ACPI. And when booting there are lines like: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB_._PRT] ACPI: Power Resource [PFN0] (off) ACPI: Power Resource [PFN1] (off) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 5 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 11 PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing apm: overridden by ACPI. ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT2] (battery absent) ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line) ACPI: Fan [FAN0] (off) ACPI: Fan [FAN1] (off) ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1 C2 C3, 5 performance states) ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (37 C) ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] Yes, both acpi and the acpi daemon are enabled, and they work fine in command line mode. - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 16 March 2004 07:58 am, Marc Resnick wrote: Okay, so I'm suddenly having a few problems with ACPI on my Compaq Presario 2190US notebook. It's worked fine before, except for the second problem. 1. My KDE battery meter is gone. I looked for the config GUI in the KDE settings, but it's not there. I then tried kacpi, thinking it was the same thing, but it was completely different, and didn't show in the system tray. How do I get this back? It worked fine up until yesterday when it suddenly disappeared. 2. I have no control over the fan. It's always running, and is quite loud. I looked in /proc/acpi/fan, but there are no files. Is there anything I can do about this? In Windows, the fan will stop usually. In Linux, it just keeps going. TIA, Marc Hi Marc, So you're using ACPI on your notebook? I tried that too, but, then the battery indicator's gone from systray. Previously I used apmd, so I tried to run it, but it seemed that when we chose ACPI, linux erased apmd. I don't know why. Also, what is the different between ACPI and apmd? I use apmd now. About the fan, in my Acer TM802LCi, it doesn't always run, but more often that if I'm in windows. Fajar. - -- 11:40:35 up 1:52, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAVoYOkp5CsIXuxqURAn0VAKCEHzTM8FYh6ShB1dP4nHT/YV6B9gCfSyle MmhCP10S6rd7Ix4SARurr/E= =ZojM -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hello, with your help I have my battery running on my compaq nx9005, my fan is controled and when i log out the notebook shuts down alone. I checked my MCC and ACPI and ACPID are running but APMD is stopped. If I remember the differences are depending on the type of computer (newer models use ACPI). My guess is all is connected because my fan was running all the time before setting up the ACPI and getting the battery indicator... Bye Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
rhein wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Tuesday 16 March 2004 07:58 am, Marc Resnick wrote: Okay, so I'm suddenly having a few problems with ACPI on my Compaq Presario 2190US notebook. It's worked fine before, except for the second problem. 1. My KDE battery meter is gone. I looked for the config GUI in the KDE settings, but it's not there. I then tried kacpi, thinking it was the same thing, but it was completely different, and didn't show in the system tray. How do I get this back? It worked fine up until yesterday when it suddenly disappeared. 2. I have no control over the fan. It's always running, and is quite loud. I looked in /proc/acpi/fan, but there are no files. Is there anything I can do about this? In Windows, the fan will stop usually. In Linux, it just keeps going. TIA, Marc Hi Marc, So you're using ACPI on your notebook? I tried that too, but, then the battery indicator's gone from systray. Previously I used apmd, so I tried to run it, but it seemed that when we chose ACPI, linux erased apmd. I don't know why. Also, what is the different between ACPI and apmd? I use apmd now. About the fan, in my Acer TM802LCi, it doesn't always run, but more often that if I'm in windows. Fajar. -- 11:40:35 up 1:52, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hello, with your help I have my battery running on my compaq nx9005, my fan is controled and when i log out the notebook shuts down alone. I checked my MCC and ACPI and ACPID are running but APMD is stopped. If I remember the differences are depending on the type of computer (newer models use ACPI). My guess is all is connected because my fan was running all the time before setting up the ACPI and getting the battery indicator... Bye Christophe This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 17 March 2004 05:49 am, Marc Resnick wrote: This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Marc, you mean in KDE menu in Power Management it said that You seem to have an incomplete installation of ACPI? Mine was like that. Last night I gave ACPI a second thought and enabled it. But I saw that message in KDE. So, I opened up the software installer and put in acpi, I installed acpid, and 1 other package - don't remember. Now I have ACPI functioning, seems normal. The fan is not running all the time, and yes, a few past week I have been running my notebook almost 24hr, and in my Acer it's quite hot. One strange thing though, when KDE starts up, I don't hear any splash sound anymore. But once I'm in, the volume is normal, I can hear sounds. - --- 10:58:41 up 1:41, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAV83Ukp5CsIXuxqURAsr8AKC5haOIoj5iJ1LiqydoN9k6A2P2FQCggXY/ EHPMC/GAWpTlcgpCkbhzdsA= =kChX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 05:49 am, Marc Resnick wrote: This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Marc, you mean in KDE menu in Power Management it said that You seem to have an incomplete installation of ACPI? Mine was like that. Last night I gave ACPI a second thought and enabled it. But I saw that message in KDE. So, I opened up the software installer and put in acpi, I installed acpid, and 1 other package - don't remember. Now I have ACPI functioning, seems normal. The fan is not running all the time, and yes, a few past week I have been running my notebook almost 24hr, and in my Acer it's quite hot. One strange thing though, when KDE starts up, I don't hear any splash sound anymore. But once I'm in, the volume is normal, I can hear sounds. --- 10:58:41 up 1:41, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 17 March 2004 05:49 am, Marc Resnick wrote: This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Marc, you mean in KDE menu in Power Management it said that You seem to have an incomplete installation of ACPI? Mine was like that. Last night I gave ACPI a second thought and enabled it. But I saw that message in KDE. So, I opened up the software installer and put in acpi, I installed acpid, and 1 other package - don't remember. Now I have ACPI functioning, seems normal. The fan is not running all the time, and yes, a few past week I have been running my notebook almost 24hr, and in my Acer it's quite hot. One strange thing though, when KDE starts up, I don't hear any splash sound anymore. But once I'm in, the volume is normal, I can hear sounds. - --- 10:58:41 up 1:41, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAV83Ukp5CsIXuxqURAsr8AKC5haOIoj5iJ1LiqydoN9k6A2P2FQCggXY/ EHPMC/GAWpTlcgpCkbhzdsA= =kChX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com No, see, the config menu that tells you that you don't have ACPI installed...it's not there. It's the weirdest thing. It's just...gone. - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Tuesday 16 March 2004 07:58 am, Marc Resnick wrote: Okay, so I'm suddenly having a few problems with ACPI on my Compaq Presario 2190US notebook. It's worked fine before, except for the second problem. 1. My KDE battery meter is gone. I looked for the config GUI in the KDE settings, but it's not there. I then tried kacpi, thinking it was the same thing, but it was completely different, and didn't show in the system tray. How do I get this back? It worked fine up until yesterday when it suddenly disappeared. 2. I have no control over the fan. It's always running, and is quite loud. I looked in /proc/acpi/fan, but there are no files. Is there anything I can do about this? In Windows, the fan will stop usually. In Linux, it just keeps going. TIA, Marc Hi Marc, So you're using ACPI on your notebook? I tried that too, but, then the battery indicator's gone from systray. Previously I used apmd, so I tried to run it, but it seemed that when we chose ACPI, linux erased apmd. I don't know why. Also, what is the different between ACPI and apmd? I use apmd now. About the fan, in my Acer TM802LCi, it doesn't always run, but more often that if I'm in windows. Fajar. -- 11:40:35 up 1:52, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hello, with your help I have my battery running on my compaq nx9005, my fan is controled and when i log out the notebook shuts down alone. I checked my MCC and ACPI and ACPID are running but APMD is stopped. If I remember the differences are depending on the type of computer (newer models use ACPI). My guess is all is connected because my fan was running all the time before setting up the ACPI and getting the battery indicator... Bye Christophe This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hello, Did you check if it is starting on boot? I'm going to school now ;-) Bye Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Okay, so I'm suddenly having a few problems with ACPI on my Compaq Presario 2190US notebook. It's worked fine before, except for the second problem. 1. My KDE battery meter is gone. I looked for the config GUI in the KDE settings, but it's not there. I then tried kacpi, thinking it was the same thing, but it was completely different, and didn't show in the system tray. How do I get this back? It worked fine up until yesterday when it suddenly disappeared. 2. I have no control over the fan. It's always running, and is quite loud. I looked in /proc/acpi/fan, but there are no files. Is there anything I can do about this? In Windows, the fan will stop usually. In Linux, it just keeps going. TIA, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 16 March 2004 07:58 am, Marc Resnick wrote: Okay, so I'm suddenly having a few problems with ACPI on my Compaq Presario 2190US notebook. It's worked fine before, except for the second problem. 1. My KDE battery meter is gone. I looked for the config GUI in the KDE settings, but it's not there. I then tried kacpi, thinking it was the same thing, but it was completely different, and didn't show in the system tray. How do I get this back? It worked fine up until yesterday when it suddenly disappeared. 2. I have no control over the fan. It's always running, and is quite loud. I looked in /proc/acpi/fan, but there are no files. Is there anything I can do about this? In Windows, the fan will stop usually. In Linux, it just keeps going. TIA, Marc Hi Marc, So you're using ACPI on your notebook? I tried that too, but, then the battery indicator's gone from systray. Previously I used apmd, so I tried to run it, but it seemed that when we chose ACPI, linux erased apmd. I don't know why. Also, what is the different between ACPI and apmd? I use apmd now. About the fan, in my Acer TM802LCi, it doesn't always run, but more often that if I'm in windows. Fajar. - -- 11:40:35 up 1:52, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAVoYOkp5CsIXuxqURAn0VAKCEHzTM8FYh6ShB1dP4nHT/YV6B9gCfSyle MmhCP10S6rd7Ix4SARurr/E= =ZojM -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
