Re: [ACPI] unable to set alam using echo to /proc/acpi/alarm

[Pavel M. <pa...@uc...>]

Hi!

>    when I try setting the alarm to wake up my pc I get the following
>    result:
>    [root@mithrandir acpi]# pwd
>    /proc/acpi
>    [root@mithrandir acpi]# cat alarm
>    2005-12-00 00:00:00
>    [root@mithrandir acpi]# echo 2005-12-15 17:18:19 > alarm
>    [root@mithrandir acpi]# cat alarm
>    2005-12-00 17:18:19
>    [root@mithrandir acpi]#
>    BTW, nothing happens at the echo'd date/time. Could someone please
>    give me a clue where to start looking?  I'm running fedora core 4, my
>    mobo is an ASUS P5S800-VM, the documentation on the motherboard states
>    that ACPI is supported. There is an option to turn acpi 2.0 on, but no
>    difference...

alarm never worked properly, IIRC.
									Pavel

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Thanks, Sharp!