Poweroff/ACPI problems in upgrading from 9.1 to 9.2
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Hello. I was disappointed to find that on upgrading from 9.1 to 9.2 on my Gericom Ego laptop (Centrino 1.7G, AMI BIOS) that PROBLEM 1: unless I put "acpi=off" in the boot options, I get a kernel OOPS which results in KDE startup dwelling on the "initializing peripherals" stage for ages and then giving up (initialisation progress window disappearing). I don't want to include all the ACPI debug messages but here's some stuff: ... ACPI: RSDP (v000 ACPIAM ) @ 0x000f58e0 ACPI: RSDT (v001 A M I OEMRSDT 0x06000428 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x1ffd0000 ACPI: FADT (v002 A M I OEMFACP 0x06000428 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x1ffd0200 ACPI: OEMB (v001 A M I AMI_OEM 0x06000428 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x1ffdf040 ACPI: SSDT (v001 AMI CPU1PM 0x00000001 INTL 0x02002026) @ 0x1ffd3e50 ACPI: DSDT (v001 1003 10032400 0x00002400 INTL 0x02002026) @ 0x00000000 ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408 ACPI: local apic disabled ... ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initrd... not found! ... ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present) ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports C1, 8 throttling states) ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (53 C) dswload-0292: *** Error: Looking up [ACST] in namespace, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS psparse-1133: *** Error: [NULL NAME], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010 printing eip: c020c901 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] ... PROBLEM 2: The OS is unable to switch the machine off, whether ACPI is enabled or not. Any suggestions, please? Thanks, Matthew ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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On Saturday 20 November 2004 02:34, Ford Prefect wrote:
Hello. I was disappointed to find that on upgrading from 9.1 to 9.2 on my Gericom Ego laptop (Centrino 1.7G, AMI BIOS) that
PROBLEM 1: unless I put "acpi=off" in the boot options, I get a kernel OOPS which results in KDE startup dwelling on the "initializing peripherals" stage for ages and then giving up (initialisation progress window disappearing). I don't want to include all the ACPI debug messages but here's some stuff:
... ... ...
PROBLEM 2: The OS is unable to switch the machine off, whether ACPI is enabled or not.
Any suggestions, please?
Perhaps a BIOS upgrade? Cheers, Leen
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--- Leendert Meyer
Perhaps a BIOS upgrade?
Hi Leen. I did think of that when I was having problems with SuSE 9.1 when I bought it in August. GRUB would hang on stage 2 after I had done online upgrades. I solved that by making a separate /boot partition of 20MB just after the Windoze partition. (I'd have tried that earlier had I realised how easy it is under YaST.) Then and now, Gericom's site only has what looks like the original BIOS: http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK/EGO-MS1003/BIOS/ I went to ATI's BIOS upgrade site and got a dreadful automatic email offering me a BIOS for $24.95 which had all these wonderful features which the existing BIOS has already. Interestingly, the present BIOS might explain the boot problems I had - if you look at the technical data sheet: http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK/EGO-MS1003/DATASHEET/ you will see that it says "up to 60GB" for the HD, which is actually 80GB, and I can see that someone has inexpertly changed it at the factory - it's covered in finger marks and the cover screw is a bit damaged. Anyway, I'll email Gericom and see if I get anywhere. I won't hold my breath. ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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On Saturday 20 November 2004 11:46, Ford Prefect wrote:
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wrote: Perhaps a BIOS upgrade?
Hi Leen. I did think of that when I was having
That was my intention, to let you think of a BIOS upgrade - I do not know if that solves your problems.
problems with SuSE 9.1 when I bought it in August. GRUB would hang on stage 2 after I had done online upgrades. I solved that by making a separate /boot partition of 20MB just after the Windoze partition. (I'd have tried that earlier had I realised how easy it is under YaST.)
Then and now, Gericom's site only has what looks like the original BIOS:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK/EGO-MS1003/BIOS/
I went to ATI's BIOS upgrade site and got a dreadful automatic email offering me a BIOS for $24.95 which had all these wonderful features which the existing BIOS has already.
Interestingly, the present BIOS might explain the boot problems I had - if you look at the technical data sheet:
http://download.gericom.com/NOTEBOOK/EGO-MS1003/DATASHEET/
you will see that it says "up to 60GB" for the HD, which is actually 80GB, and I can see that someone has
Hmm, I wonder whether this is a physical restriction or a software (BIOS?) restriction.
inexpertly changed it at the factory - it's covered in finger marks and the cover screw is a bit damaged.
Anyway, I'll email Gericom and see if I get anywhere. I won't hold my breath.
FWIW, there is a BIOS update section at http://www.driverzone.com/. Cheers, Leen
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