For kernels 2.4.x ACPI is automatically disabled: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326 ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
while kernels 2.6.x enables it: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040816 ACPI: Interpreter enabled ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00) PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:1f.1 PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 9 10 *11) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 7) *11 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 9 10 *11) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIE._PRT] ACPI: Power Resource [PADA] (on) PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 7 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.1[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7 ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S4bios S5) ACPI wakeup devices: LID PBTN PCI0 UAR1 USB0 USB1 USB2 MODM PCIE MPCI ... Alocation of IRQ 7 does not seem to work: (this IRQ is allocated by parport0) ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7 unable to grab IRQ 7 Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:1f.5 failed with error -16 and apm is shut off: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac) apm: overridden by ACPI. apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac) apm: disabled on user request. ================================ The main problem is that alsa does not work, neither does the battery monitor in gnome, the only option is to boot with acpi=off. For alsa the audio device is not found: Running alsaconf or (/etc/init.d/alsa start when configured): ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7 unable to grab IRQ 7 /etc/init.d/alsa stop Storing ALSA mixer settings...ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7 unable to grab IRQ 7 Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:1f.5 failed with error -16 failed. Running update-modules... Loading driver... Starting ALSA.../etc/init.d/alsa: Error: alsactl restore failed with message 'alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found...'. done. Setting default volumes... The battery monitor shows the following problem: Can't access ACPI events in /var/run/acpid.socket! Make sure the ACPI subsystem is working and acpid daemon is running. Is the ACPI support not functional for this Dell laptop? Can I upgrade the BIOS? -- Svante Signell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
