Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)

Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)

[fridtjof]

Type of Computers: 

* ASUS L8400L, x86 based laptop system, see
  http://www.magicdevices.de/notebooks/asus/l_8400_k-1133_tl.html
  for details

* ASUS P2B-F Board, x86 based desktop system

Common problem of both the desktop PC and the laptop:

$ cat /proc/apm
1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
                             ^^^^^^^^
$ dmesg | grep apm
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.14)

Kernels where this occurs:

* Kernel 2.4.16 
* RedHat Kernel 2.4.9-13.

Kernel Config concerning APM and ACPI:

$ egrep -i "(APM|ACPI)" .config
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y
CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set

Anybody know why APM doesn't work with products from ASUS?
Is this a known bug?

Re: Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)

[Martin Dalecki]

fridtjof@fbunet.de wrote:
> 
> Type of Computers:
> 
> * ASUS L8400L, x86 based laptop system, see
>   http://www.magicdevices.de/notebooks/asus/l_8400_k-1133_tl.html
>   for details
> 
> * ASUS P2B-F Board, x86 based desktop system
> 
> Common problem of both the desktop PC and the laptop:
> 
> $ cat /proc/apm
> 1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
>     

   cat /proc/apm 
1.15 1.2 0x03 0x01 0x03 0x09 100% -1 ?

Looks fine!

 dmesg | grep apm
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.15)


> $ dmesg | grep apm
> apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.14)
> 
> Kernels where this occurs:
> 
> * Kernel 2.4.16
> * RedHat Kernel 2.4.9-13.

  uname -a
Linux kozaczek 2.4.16-2 #1 śro lis 28 16:55:12 CET 2001 i686 unknown
[root@kozaczek t1lib]# 


> Kernel Config concerning APM and ACPI:
> 
> $ egrep -i "(APM|ACPI)" .config
> CONFIG_APM=y
> # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
> CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
> CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y
> CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
> # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
>  

egrep -i "(APM|ACPI)" /usr/src/linux/configs/kernel-2.4.16-i686.config 
# CONFIG_ACPI is not set
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
root@kozaczek t1lib]# 

> Anybody know why APM doesn't work with products from ASUS?
> Is this a known bug?
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Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1434

The "Unknown device is a 8600A series notbook 
and *eveything* on it works fine on linux, even the
AC'97 sound as well as the windows modem.

So it generally isn'y true that producst from ASUS don't
work under linux....

Re: Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 fridtjof@fbunet.de wrote:

> Type of Computers:
> Anybody know why APM doesn't work with products from ASUS?
> Is this a known bug?

I have an ASUS motherboard with an Athlon TBird (don't remember all the
model numbers, etc.) and I had problems with the *display* power management
using Red Hat 7.1. I just got 7.2 and haven't had a chance to check whether
it works there or not. Never tried to do power management on the box itself
though.
--
M. Edward Borasky -- znmeb@aracnet.com -- http://www.borasky-research.net

If God had meant carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits
fire.

Re: Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)

[Alan Cox]

> $ cat /proc/apm
> 1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
>                              ^^^^^^^^
-1 is "unknown"

Re: Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)

[Fridtjof Busse]

On Wednesday, 12. December 2001 16:59, Alan Cox wrote:
> > $ cat /proc/apm
> > 1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
> >                              ^^^^^^^^
>
> -1 is "unknown"

Is there any way to get this working?

Re: Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)

[Alan Cox]

> On Wednesday, 12. December 2001 16:59, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > $ cat /proc/apm
> > > 1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
> > >                              ^^^^^^^^
> >
> > -1 is "unknown"
> 
> Is there any way to get this working?

It is working. The BIOS doesn't support that information.