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

[Li, S. <sha...@in...>]

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.
It works well on different systems here :).

Thanks,
Shaohua