Message-ID: <3C1768BD.96F0CC47@evision-ventures.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:25:01 +0100
From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
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To: fridtjof@fbunet.de
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Repost: ASUS APM Problem (ASUS L8400L & ASUS P2B-F)
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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 ?ro 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....
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