On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 22:43 +0100, Mark Greenwood wrote: > Hi, > > I've just bought a Sony VAIO VGN-FZ31M. I'm running Mandriva 2008.1, > with a 2.6.24.4 kernel. I have some problems with ACPI which I hope you > can help me with. I hope I'm writing to the correct people. I'm no > expert on ACPI or sony laptops so I'll try to describe what I'm seeing. > > Firstly, I'm running KDE and using kpowersave. My kernel automatically > loads the sony_laptop module. When I remove the AC power cable from the > laptop, kpowersave does not detect this. I've discovered the file > /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ADP1/state, and this does update correctly (it > contains "on-line" or "off-line" dependant on the state of the ac > adapter). So something is working but kpowersave is not working. Please kill acpid, and "cat /proc/acpi/event", what do you see if you plug/unplug the AC adapter? > > Secondly, the power button on my laptop cannot be used to shut the > laptop down, just nothing happens. the same test. what do you see if you press the power button? > > Thirdly, if I modprobe sonypi (so I can set my display brightness) it > prevents acpid from starting. For some reason once sonypi is loaded, > /proc/acpi doesn't exist. Are you sure the /proc/acpi exists before sonypi is loaded and disappears then? Please attach your kernel .config file. thanks, rui -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
