Dell Inspiron 8200 & ACPI-0293 [was Re: Dell 4150 & ACPI-0293: *** Warning: Buffer created with zero length in AML]

[Vincent Poy]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Jan Mikael Melen wrote:

> On Wednesday 25 June 2003 05:54, Vincent Poy wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:51:21PM +0200, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> > > > Thanks, but it does not apply cleanly on mine:
> > >
> > > Could you try the instructions at
> > >
> > > http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php
> > >
> > > Two other people have reported success for an Inspiron 8200, so it should
> > > work.
> >
> > 	I tried the thing listed in the page and I could say that here is
> > the behavior with the patch...
> >
> > With hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=S1
> > the machine suspends but the LCD doesn't turn off and when you resume, the
> > LCD doesn't update and is stuck with the info before the suspend until you
> > reboot.
>
> I also tried the patch and for me it works so that the machine suspends but
> the LCD doesn't turn off. After resume the LCD is turned off if the computer
> has been on text console when suspending and if the computer has been running
> X before suspending the LCD flahes few times after which the LCD is turned
> back on.

	Yeah, if I had the switch state to S3, then it will suspend and
the LCD doesn't turn off.  I don't use X so it's text console.  But when
resumed, the screen has the same screen as what it had before the suspend
and it's not live.

> Every time the computer suspends and after resume following messages can be
> read from the console:
>
> fwohci0: fwohci_pci_suspend
> fwohci0: fwohci_pci_resume: power_state = 0x00000000
> fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports.
> fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
> fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
> wakeup from sleeping state (slept 00:00:25)
> ata0: resetting devices ..
> fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
> fwohci0: txd err= 0 No stat
> this shouldn't happen
> firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
> firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
> done
> ata1: resetting devices ..
> done
> Jun 25 11:17:34 despair kernel: wakeup from sleeping state (slept 00:00:25)
>
> Interesting is the line saying "this shouldn't happen" the question is what
> shouldn't happen?

	Never seen that one before.  Mines goes like this:

Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: fwohci0: fwohci_pci_suspend
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: fwohci0: fwohci_pci_resume: power_state =
0x0000
0000
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1
ports.
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: wakeup from sleeping state (slept
00:00:26)
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: ata0: resetting devices ..
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1,
CYCLEMASTER
mode
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM
= 0 (
me)
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: done
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: ata1: resetting devices ..
Jun 24 19:22:10 bigbang kernel: done

> > 	So just for the record, I'm on a Inspiron 8200 with the A10 BIOS.
>
> I'm running Inspiron 8200 with A09 BIOS
>
> > 	Also, are most of you guys using the BIOS to control the fans or
> > are you using the following utility?
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/fanonbsd/
>
> I'm using BIOS to control the fans.

	Oh okay... Thought someone used that utility since with Windows, I
do use the utility... I gave 3 Inspiron 8200s...


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