From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261891AbTK3X1A (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:27:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261909AbTK3X1A (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:27:00 -0500 Received: from smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.168.186]:1192 "HELO smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261891AbTK3X07 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:26:59 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Lukas Hejtmanek Subject: Re: Synaptics PS/2 driver and 2.6.0-test11 Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:26:52 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031130214612.GP2935@mail.muni.cz> <200311301728.10563.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20031130223953.GR2935@mail.muni.cz> In-Reply-To: <20031130223953.GR2935@mail.muni.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311301826.52978.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 30 November 2003 05:39 pm, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 05:28:10PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > Are you using ACPI? Does it work without ACPI? Do you have an > > application that periodically polls battery state or temperature? > > From what I've seen many laptops spend considerable amount of time in > > BIOS when checking battery state... > > I'm using ACPI both in 2.4.22 and 2.6.0. I'm using battery_applet > (gnome applet) for testing battery state. > > I will try it. Is acpi=off at boot time enough for that? How often does battery_applet poll the battery? Start with polling the battery less often, let's say every 3 minutes and see if the problem goes away. Dmitry