From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:13:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:13:48 -0500 Received: from mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE ([134.93.8.57]:47495 "EHLO mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:13:36 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:43:07 +0100 From: Dominik Kubla To: Manfred Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Further ACPI woes with 2.4.0-prerelease Message-ID: <20010103164307.A31685@uni-mainz.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dominik Kubla , Manfred , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3A5335D4.C349DC4A@colorfullife.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3A5335D4.C349DC4A@colorfullife.com>; from manfred@colorfullife.com on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 03:23:16PM +0100 X-No-Archive: yes Restrict: no-external-archive Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 03:23:16PM +0100, Manfred wrote: > > ACPI: System description tables not found > > I would check the Tyan pages for bios upgrades. I had to upgrade my bios > (gigabyte bxd dual cpu board) before w2k accepted the acpi tables. > > Linux still refuses to accept the acpi tables :-( Unfortunately there has been no update available for this board since late 1999 (it's a i440LX board after all) and the board is discontinued. I am currently browsing the web for ACPI and DMI tools to see if one of them will give me some information from the ACPI/DMI tables. Yours, Dominik -- http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html - No Software Patents In Europe! http://petition.lugs.ch/ (in Switzerland) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/