[ACPI] poweroff issue again

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Hi,

As I noticed that my message went badly due to the 8 bit coding, I resend=
 it=20
in 7 bit (I hope) so it gets better.=20

I have a COMPAQ Presario 1200 series (12XL515) which as a buggy DSDT I
overrided following instructions from Paul to overcome the _SB invalid sc=
ope
problem, and I found the following.

With stock kernel 2.4.14 (I apologise for being a user, not a developper,=
 so
I'm not always after the latest patch), if I use:

i=3D100 in ectransx.c, I have no battery information at all ./proc/acpi/b=
attery
has no entries. System does poweroff.

i=3D200, I have battery information but is incorrect. Wrong battery type.
Systems does poweroff.

i=3D400, I have correct battery info. System does poweroff.
(In fact I thought this was true, but it isn't anymore with 2.4.14 or 2.4=
=2E16.=20
Battery Info is wrong, says it is NiMH, when it is LiIon (and Maximum cha=
rge=20
is wrong too)

i=3D500, Battery status OK, system doesn't poweroff

I hope this helps solving the problem.  Now I'm going to experiment with=20
i=3D450. Wasn't here a kernel option to choose this value without recompi=
ling?=20
I remember some comments about this but I don't how it ended, and I could=
n't=20
find anything in docs.

In the meanwhile /proc/acpi/event doesn't change with power button or=20
anything else I could see. I don't know if I understood wrong the idea, b=
ut=20
watching it with tail -f gets nothing. I have sent my DSDT once to Paul, =
but=20
I can resend if needed. I'm not working with my laptop in this moment, so=
 I=20
can't send dmesg too, but I noticed that it detects multiple powerbuttons=
 (FF=20
and CM).

A last question that probably has nothing to do with this. My laptop is=20
supposed of having almost no APM support. However, if I boot with APM on,=
 it=20
detects APM Bios 1.2, gives me wrong power info, and... if I do apm -s, i=
t=20
seems to hybernate. At least, it goes off, and I can't find a way of powe=
ring=20
it on again without pulling out the battery and the AC adapter which rese=
ts=20
everything. Shouldn't this mean that I should be able to resume somehow?

Keep on the good work,

Lu=EDs Neves

Best regards,

Lu=EDs Neves