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Date:      Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:55:09 +0100
From:      Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>
To:        Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: No APM yet for AMD?
Message-ID:  <20060103155509.GE13887@poupinou.org>
In-Reply-To: <cone.1136052558.494842.28540.1000@zoraida.natserv.net>
References:  <cone.1135611096.296999.80599.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <63675.24.71.129.36.1135718125.squirrel@imap.sd73.bc.ca> <cone.1135784510.758843.3324.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <200512291412.19476.peter@wemm.org> <cone.1136052558.494842.28540.1000@zoraida.natserv.net>

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On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 01:09:18PM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> Peter Wemm writes:
> 
> >sysctl hw.acpi.battery.life (percentage)
> >sysctl hw.acpi.battery.time (time remaining)
> 
> With a 6.0 Release I could not even boot with ACPI. I had to put in 
> /boot/loader.conf
> hint.acpi.0.disabled=0
> hint.apic.0.disabled=1
> 
> At that point sysctl variables for acpi showed
> 
> hw.acpi.battery.life: -1
> hw.acpi.battery.time: -1
> hw.acpi.battery.state: 7
> hw.acpi.battery.units: 1
> hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5
> 
> 
> Upgraded to stable today.
> I am now able to boot without having to disable acpi or apic.
> However, the sysctl variables still show the same values.
> 

What happens if you plug/unplug the AC adapter?
Could you please put a link of an output from 'acpidump -d -t' somewhere?

-- 
Bruno Ducrot

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.



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