Mailing List ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #8

From: "Carl Gehr" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] ACPI issues
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:53:47 -0400 (EDT)
To: "eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:38:49 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

>On 04/14/08 12:32 am, Chuck McKinnis thus wrote :
>> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>> Chuck, I know that you have been successful with using OS2APIC.PSD. I
>>> am able to get ACPI 3.0.7 working for both CPU cores, as well as
>>> APM.ADD.
>>>
>>> What version(s) of ACPI did you test, and aside from the "hang during
>>> boot" issue I see with 3.0.8, what were your results? I am seeing
>>> random deadlock conditions, but I can't tell whether it's an ACPI
>>> issue, uniaud, GenMAC, or something triggered by Flash (using my
>>> patched 9.0.115 plugin).
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>
>> I just tried the latest 3.08 (04/13/2008).  Traps in APM right after
>> SDDHELP.SYS is loaded.  It also displays a bunch of ACPI messages that
>> should not be there.  If I rem out all of the APM lines, it will boot.
>> I also have sound (not very loud) using test1.
>>
>I am using Panorama on this T61. I believe Panorama is required for APM.

I've seen comments that Panorama is required for various functions.
But, I have also seen coments about cautions, problems, etc., that I
did not really understand.  So, I am still using the latest SNAP and
having no problems.  OTOH, I don't know if I am missing something
either.  [That's the penalty of being a techo-dummy on eCS.]

>I have 3.0.8 working, based on Neil's posting about the Intel 945GCNL (I
>have one of those machines in the next room, which is yet to be
>delivered to a client), by adding /SAP:0x20 to my PSD line, which now reads:
>
>PSD=ACPI.PSD /SMP /APIC /SAP:0x20

Standard Q#1:  What does /SAP do and why should I care?

>
>In addition, I have:
>
>BASEDEV=APM.ADD
>RUN=C:\OS2\ACPIDaemon.exe

Yes...  Me too.

>I am currently testing with only the defaults in the CFG files.

I'm not totally sure what I may have changed other than I've set the
'Close Lid' to do nothing.  So far, it has worked just fine.  [Makes it
easier to carry the TPad up/down the stairs than when it is open.]

>The extra info you;re getting may be caused by:
>
>LogScreen = 1

Hmmm...  I have LogScreen=0
BUT, I when I do a PrtSc, it works just fine.
I've never bothered to change it because of my oft-said
basic view of the world:
  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.


>
>in %ETC%\ACPID.CFG
>
>For sound, I have the following in my unimix setup params, loaded from
>startup.cmd (unimix.exe -loadc:\mmos2\unimix.ini):
>
>-id3 -cnt0 -val1
>-id3 -cnt1 -val1
>-id27 -val33

I have nothing that I can find about 'unimix'...

Yes, there is a \mmos2\unimix.exe, but no *.ini anywhere that I see.

Should I have something?  ISTR that Paul said his updates, current and
planned, are intended to avoid a user having to deal with this.

>(N.B.: Those are not the contents of unimix.ini, merely the relevant
>settings. Set them manually, as parameters passed to unimix.exe, and
>then use unimix.exe -savec:\mmos2\unimix.ini to dump them.)
>> I attempted to patch Flash to the 9 level, but I am not sure that I
>> did the hex edit correctly.  What is your patched one based on?  Might
>> I get a copy?
>>
>My patched one is based on the original 7.0 r14. I seemed to get more
>stuff patched than Steve Wendt did with his, so I kept it (I had a few
>sites which were looking for the ident string in different places). You
>may download the patched version (and the preceding one, patched to 9.0
>r47) from http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/eCS-Technical/files/ . The
>zip is 500+ KB, and perhaps best not attached to an email on the list.
>I'll send both via PM, though.

Lewis, I've got no problem with direct E-Mails w/ large files attached.
 I send/receive much larger than that all the time.  Your latest
patched Flash 9.xxx would be appreciated.

[I try to avoid anything associated with Yahoo.  I already get a dozen
or so per week spam/phishing stuff from there as it is.]

--
TIA,
Carl


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