New install on Dell -- Need help

[W.K. Vladmir Ward]

In response to someone else's message about APCI
errors: I'm getting no errors about the ACPI to my
console anymore, since I applied the ACPI patch. The
batteries are still a problem though.

I suppose tz may be correct, but I seem to recall that
the temp hovered around 130 F... I could easily be
wrong though, as my memory isn't that great ;)




--- Kevin Oberman <oberman at es.net> wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:22:31 -0800 (PST)
> > From: "W.K. Vladmir Ward"
> <web_raptor.geo at yahoo.com>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> > 
> > Hello...
> > 
> > I just installed FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE on my Dell
> > Inspiron 8200 last Friday and have been working to
> get
> > things running. I know a little bit about FreeBSD
> from
> > what I've picked out of the handbook, and from my
> past
> > experience with Linux, but I'm still in the dark.
> > 
> > I'm having a lot of ACPI troubles, and I'm
> wondering
> > if anyone knows what the fix for the battery
> mis-read
> > error is. I've disabled APM in my kernel config
> > (according to some sources I've found it doesn't
> like
> > playing nice with ACPI). Also, running GKrellM
> with
> > tz0 enabled shows temp ranges from 125 to 160
> degrees
> > F... is there some way to fix this with
> scaling/offset
> > options? I've already applied the ACPI patch to be
> rid
> > of the error messages on boot, but I'm still
> working
> > on those two problems listed above.
> 
> By the way, I suspect the temperature is valid. My
> ThinkPad is now
> reading 170F while a buildworld is in progress. This
> value is below
> either _PSV (359.7K) or _CRT (367.2K), but pretty
> warm!
> 
> These things run VERY hot and the tz0 value on most
> P4 systems is right
> on the processor. I can also tell you that I would
> not want the bottom
> of my laptop resting on my lap!
> -- 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
> (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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