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Guys any thought abt this,<BR>
I visited the acer website trying to see if i can update my BIOS but they have discontinued my model<BR>
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 19:28 -1200, Chipomho Tinashe Bothwell wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">ok here is a list of commands that i typed</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">~>uname-a</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Linux nexus 2.6.11.4-21.9-default #1 Fri Aug 19 11:58:59 UTC 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">~>cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">present: yes</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ERROR: Unable to read battery status</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">some debugging information from /var/log/messages</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oct 7 19:26:54 nexus kernel: ACPI-0208: *** Warning: Error evaluating _BST</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oct 7 19:27:24 nexus kernel: ACPI-0352: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oct 7 19:27:24 nexus kernel: search_node dffe9dc0 start_node dffe9dc0 return_node 00000000</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oct 7 19:27:24 nexus kernel: ACPI-0446: *** Warning: [AE_NOT_CONFIGURED]: Could not resolve operands, AE_NOT_FOUND</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oct 7 19:27:24 nexus kernel: ACPI-1140: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node dffe9cc0), AE_NOT_FOUND</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oct 7 19:27:24 nexus kernel: ACPI-0208: *** Warning: Error evaluating _BST</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 16:56 +1300, David Antliff wrote: </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Chipomho wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I have my Acer laptop running SUSE 9.3,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> everything seems to work fine except the system cannot read the remaining charge, the system can read all other battery parameters.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> i have tried the suse forums but nobody gave me a solution. how should i solve this problem? anyone?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The answers to a few questions like these should help:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">What software are you using? What versions? Default SuSE 9.3 setup?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">What error message are you getting, if any?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Is there any other debugging information available?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">How does this differ from a working parameter?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Are you able to verify the sensor works properly (BIOS/Windows)?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">If you're using a GUI tool, is there a commandline counterpart and if so, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">does it report any more useful info?</FONT>
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