Hi, If I recompile it without initramfs, can I put acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" that at boot?
Well I recompiled kernel 2.6.31 with eva sony-laptop module... applyed cmpatible code posted here... someone wrote about new features in kernel 2.6.31... disabling windows vista acpi... Thanks, Syn On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Michael Seiler <misei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sadly, you cannot do so without recompiling the arch kernel to avoid using > initramfs (mkinitcpio). > > If anyone has a better solution, I'd love to hear it, since I'm in the same > boat. > > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:05 PM, syn ack <synackrstn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> So... how to put acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" in GRUB boot @ Arch Linux????!!! >> it gives me a fault boot... >> >> Thanks, >> Syn >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Alexandre Kaspar < >> alexandre.kas...@epfl.ch> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Effectively, the kernel argument acpi_osi is the one which make the >>> switch work correctly. It isn't linked to eva's module. >>> >>> And I suppose it's actually an easier (and better) way like the one you >>> might have used via the dsdt file (which I tried at the beginning, but had >>> exactly the same problem of winxp boot needed for card change). >>> >>> That kernel parameter is THE current solution which works well (and is so >>> easy to use, or not to use). >>> Alexandre Kaspar >>> >>> Ricardo Ferreira <rica...@dazzledminds.net> a écrit : >>> >>> >>> I've been using for the last month a custom method for switch the cards, >>>> which involved having two DSDT, one for each card. Although this method >>>> worked to keep the currently active card on, I still needed to boot XP if I >>>> wanted to switch. >>>> >>>> But now, as I did a clean install,, I decided to try the "new" method >>>> everyone is using, which is that sony-laptop moule by Eva. >>>> >>>> I though it was draining my battery really fast, even with the Intel on. >>>> As I wasn't using this module before and my battery wasn't draining so >>>> fast, >>>> I decided to remove it. >>>> >>>> Okay, now the weird part. Without the module it still works! I believe >>>> it has to do with the acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" used in Grub. I tried >>>> something along this line before (when messing around with the DSDT) but >>>> never worked, because it was in the wrong place! >>>> >>>> So, I believe this is good news. Or at least they are for me, because I >>>> wasn't really that interested in the sony-laptop mode. Still not sure how >>>> battery life goes, as it's still charging :) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.wox-xion.ch/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: >>> https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >>> Post to : sony-vaio-z-series@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : >>> https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >> Post to : sony-vaio-z-series@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > Post to : sony-vaio-z-series@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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