ACPI problems with mdk 10.1

[imdeemvp]

I have done the following trying to make it work but no luck:

[root@localhost imdeemvp]# urpmi acpi acpid
Everything already installed
[root@localhost imdeemvp]# acpi start
No ACPI support in kernel, or incorrect acpi_path ("/proc/acpi").
[root@localhost imdeemvp]# /etc/init.d/acpi start

I RAN THIS:
[root@localhost imdeemvp]# dmesg

NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c0322b60(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
powernow-k7: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_unregister_performance
powernow-k7: Unknown symbol acpi_processor_register_performance
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
Shorewall:net2allROP:IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=68.115.111.102 DST=68.121.21.164 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=106 ID=54476 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=3887 DPT=1433 WINDOW=64512 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
Shorewall:net2allROP:IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=68.115.111.102 DST=68.121.21.164 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=106 ID=54941 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=3887 DPT=1433 WINDOW=64512 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
SCSI subsystem initialized

CAN ANY ONE HELP??? btw fc2 worked fine in same laptop. thanks.

[puntmuts]

Does your kernel support ACPI at all ? Try loading some ACPI modules before starting the acpid.

[bigtomrodney]

First thing to do is go to LILO configuration in the MCC, and go through the entries chcking the box enable acpi , or at least the one you want to try. Reboot and you should be good then. This one got me for ages!!

Also you can then configure the APM service to not come up on boot, as you will be relying on acpi and acpid services.

[imdeemvp]

I tried everything in the book to make it work and never did so I gave and a replaced with fc3 which works fine on my laptop.

[astroboy]

I am having the exact same difficulty. I did urpmi acpi acpid and it installed all the ACPI support thingies. I enabled ACPI in my bootloader (LILO with text) and set everything going.

When the machine goes to turn off, I get a general protection fault fef8 [#1] and the machine goes totally awol. It says I have a Bad EIP value.

I disabled ACPI, turned it off in the bootloader and tried APMD, still to no avail. The same thing happened. General Prot. Fault, Bad EIP.

The strange thing is, APM is turned on in my BIOS, and everything else looks totally normal. I am an ex windows XP user and PC Windows Engineer, but as for Linux, I know squat diddly, minus a bit more.

If anyone can help me sort this lump of *bleep* out before I junk it and go back to windows, please do. I like Linux and would like to get the machine working properly. But if I have to resort back to XP Pro, so be it!

In short... Help...!

[imdeemvp]

I solved it..... I solved it......... I solved it ...... installed FEDORA 3

[RobNyc]

acpi=ht always worked for me

so put that in your boot/lilo.conf