Re: Battery Status on Dell I.2650 (con't)

From: Jim (james_at_the-computer-shop.co.uk)
Date: 07/11/05 

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:51:47 GMT

geronimo wrote:
> Philippe wrote:
>
> Has anyone succeeded to get battery status of Dell Inspiron 2650?
>
>
> Apm gives me always "AC on-lines".
> > cat /proc/apm
> 1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
>
>
> Because apm was not working I've tried with acpi. I've compiled kernel
> 2.4.19 with apci20020918 patch. When apci is on (with apm off), the
> kernel fails to boot: machine reboots at kernel loading. If acpi is
> swithed off (acpi=off option), then this newly compiled kernel boots
> without any problem.
>
>
> The version of my Bios is A05.
>
>
> Philippe.
>
>
> philippe,
> have you managed to get this issues resolved ??? i'm having very
> similar problems with my Compaq Presario 900US laptop. The cat
> line from the apm file looks almost identical. system also will
> not boot with acpi enabled.
> any assistance would greatly be appreciated.
> g-mo
>
> p.s. had to start a new topic because "reply-to-author" link
> was malfunctioning.
>

Phoenix A05 has been a problem BIOS for me as well. I've pretty much
given up on ACPI/APM on that BIOS and ended up setting power control
manually. 

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