No battery indicator in gnome after BIOS upgrade

Philippe Didier pdidier at neptuneconcept.com
Wed Feb 13 06:57:14 UTC 2008 

Hi,

After upgrading the Bios of my acer 5050 to version 3315 (could maybe 
solved my hda-intel harware problem), I have a ACPI problem : the laptop 
battery indicator is not working anymore.

If I had the one from "Add to Panel", it says : Laptop running on AC 
Power, even with the battery running the laptop.
I know this is a problem with ACPI but I cannot solve it.

Find below some information :

Boot :
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic 
root=UUID=1cb8bdae-01c3-42c0-bbd2-5d5028514eaa ro quiet

Linux IT-Manager 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 
i686 GNU/Linux
Acer Aspire5053WXMI

/var/log/message extract :
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 
0000000037e90000 - 0000000037e9a000 (ACPI data)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 
0000000037e9a000 - 0000000037f00000 (ACPI NVS)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: RSDP signature @ 
0xC00F8A30 checksum 0
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000F8A30, 
0014 (r0 PTLTD )
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: RSDT 37E92B78, 
003C (r1 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT  6040000  LTP        0)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: FACP 37E99BDC, 
0074 (r1 ATI    Bowfin    6040000 ATI     F4240)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 37E92BB4, 
7028 (r1    ATI    SB460  6040000 MSFT  2000002)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: FACS 37E9AFC0, 0040
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: SSDT 37E99C50, 
0182 (r1 PTLTD  POWERNOW  6040000  LTP        1)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: APIC 37E99DD2, 
0054 (r1 PTLTD  ^I APIC    6040000  LTP        0)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: MCFG 37E99E26, 
003C (r1 PTLTD    MCFG    6040000  LTP        0)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: BOOT 37E99E62, 
0028 (r1 PTLTD  $SBFTBL$  6040000  LTP        1)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: SLIC 37E99E8A, 
0176 (r1 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT  6040000 acer        0)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO 
Port: 0x8008
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC 
(acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC 
(acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI 
(acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI 
(acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] 
address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] Using ACPI (MADT) for 
SMP configuration information
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.000000] ACPI: Disabled _OSI(Linux)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.456000] ACPI: Core revision 
20070126
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.456000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT 
in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.628000] ACPI: bus type pci 
registered
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.648000] ACPI: EC: GPE=0x14, 
ports=0x66, 0x62
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.668000] ACPI Error 
(psargs-0355): [\_SB_.PHSR] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.668000] ACPI Error 
(psparse-0551): Method parse/execution failed 
[\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.EC0_._REG] (Node f689f5a0), AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.672000] ACPI: System BIOS is 
requesting _OSI(Linux)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.672000] ACPI: Please test with 
"acpi_osi=!Linux"
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.672000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.672000] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 
S4 S5)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.672000] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for 
interrupt routing
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.676000] ACPI: EC: GPE=0x14, 
ports=0x66, 0x62
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.676000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge 
[PCI0] (0000:00)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKA] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKB] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKC] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKD] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKE] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKF] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKG] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKH] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.684000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
Link [LNKU] (IRQs 3 4 5 7) *0, disabled.
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.688000] pnp: PnP ACPI init
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.688000] ACPI: bus type pnp 
registered
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.688000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 
10 devices
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.688000] ACPI: ACPI bus type 
pnp unregistered
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.688000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by 
ACPI PNP
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.688000] PCI: Using ACPI for 
IRQ routing
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    0.724000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:08:01.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    2.132000] ACPI Error 
(evgpe-0705): No handler or method for GPE[14], disabling event [20070126]
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    3.136000] ACPI Error 
(evgpe-0705): No handler or method for GPE[14], disabling event [20070126]
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    4.140000] ACPI: Thermal Zone 
[THRM] (54 C)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    4.696000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:00:12.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    5.504000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:00:13.2[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    5.612000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:00:14.1[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    7.260000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:00:13.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    7.420000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:00:13.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [    7.580000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:08:02.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   17.376000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:08:01.2[B] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   17.380000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:08:01.4[B] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   17.600000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
0000:00:14.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   20.216000] ACPI: Battery Slot 
[BAT1] (battery absent)
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   20.532000] ACPI: Power Button 
(FF) [PWRF]
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   20.536000] ACPI: Power Button 
(CM) [PWRB]
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   20.548000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
Feb 13 13:50:08 IT-Manager kernel: [   20.556000] ACPI: Sleep Button 
(CM) [SLPB]

Is anyone got an idea how I can fix it? Going back to BIOS version 3303 
is not easy because the maintenance team asks 1 day to do it.

Regards,

Philippe

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IT Manager Neptune Concept

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