http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497781 Summary: ACPI problems in kernel 2.6.27 fixable by kernel patch Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: maxim_naidenov@hotmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032600 SUSE/3.0.8-1.1.1 Firefox/3.0.8 A regresion was introduced in ACPI handling from kernel 2.6.24 onward, that is still presented in openSuse11.1 kernel 2.6.27. Many notebooks have errors in the ECDT/DSDT tables in BIOS. With them, the ACPI handling code fails with: EC: acpi_ec_wait timeout. The effect is that nothing ACPI related works - no battery info, no shutdown/suspend, no special buttons. Bug: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11880 Fix: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1478/ The fix will be available in 2.6.29 but as of the broad attention and low risk, please provide as kernel update it in released suse11.1. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Install fresh suse 11.1 on Asus f5gl laptop Actual Results: Nothing ACPI works - no battery status,no suspend/resume,no shutdown Expected Results: With mentioned patch full ACPI functionality is restored -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.