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From: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover@intel.com>
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Subject: RE: ACPI:system description tables not found.
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:26:22 -0800 
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> From: Stephen Torri [mailto:s.torri@lancaster.ac.uk]

> I am using kernel-2.4.2-ac12 (will try ac14). The motherboard is a
> Supermicro P6DBU. (I will need to check the board when I get home to
> confirm). I get the messages below when the system starts:
> 
> acpi: system description tables not found
> 
> The manufacturer says that there is support for acpi. So I 
> willing to beat
> it around a bit to get the tables found. Any ideas where to start?

download the pmtools package from
http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm . (It's at the
bottom.) The acpidmp utility is what you're interested in (you can ignore
compile errors from the others.) Does this utility find tables, or not?

Thanks -- Regards -- Andy

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