Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is a standard developed by HP, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix and Toshiba for configuration and power management computer. ACPI has a proposal to supplant the APM(Advanced Power Management), while the former puts the operating system to control power ...
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How do I make ESXi 5.0 to shutdown virtual machines when the physical power button is pushed?
I have a home NAS/DLNA server built out of an HP Micro Server with the HP branded VMware ESXi 5.0.0 build-623860 (free license) installed. Being a home media center I'd like it to be "manageable" by ...
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Installing PC-BSD on ThinkPad Edge E520
I have been trying to install PC-BSD 9 on my Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E520 and am meeting with some difficulty. The problem I am having is many errors with ACPI. I have tried setting SATA into ...
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How do I pause and restart VirtualBox virtual machines on ACPI suspend?
I use VirtualBox to set up Web developer environments on my laptop. If I suspend the computer and then restart, I'll get very long startup times while VirtualBox spins back up. I have much less of a ...
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Is my computer in ACPI S3 mode?
I recently got a new motherboard for my Intel Core 2 Quad 9300-based PC (the old motherboard was fried). The old motherboard was an ASUS IP35 Pro, while the new one is a Gigabyte G41MT-S2.
Since the ...
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Linux can't boot without acpi=off on Thinkpad
I recently installed Linux Mint 12 - the Gnome version - on a new Lenovo Thinkpad L520 for a friend.
It's running kernel 3.0.0-12- generic.
When I booted - either into the live CD, or into the ...
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Skip all warning prompts on ACPI shutdown?
When I issue an ACPI shutdown command to a Windows XP guest machine from the host VM server, I want Windows to shutdown.
The problem is, Windows always wants to ask some question or another, rather ...
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Estimated power draw for different power states?
What would be a raw estimate of the power draw of a semi-modern desktop PC, in different sleep states? Will the suspended state (with powered RAM) draw much more power then the PC in hibernation ...
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Difference between suspend to “mem” and pm-suspend
What is the difference between
echo "mem" > /sys/power/state
and
pm-suspend
Both can put the computer to sleep mode. I want to execute a script automatically when the system resumes from ...
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Fedora 16 wakes on mouse - how to prevent this?
I have a desktop computer with PS/2 (!) keyboard and mouse, running Fedora 16, just recently installed. It goes to sleep OK, but moving the mouse wakes it up. I'd like moving the mouse not to wake ...
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Windows 7 does not 'wake up' from Sleep mode
I'm new to Windows 7, so I don't know if this is normal.
When the computer is idle for 30 minutes, the screen goes black and no key pressing or mouse movement will bring the computer out of standby. ...
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How can I disable low power shutdown on Fedora 14?
The preferences dialog in GNOME gives only three options when the battery is critical: Suspend, Hibernate and Shutdown. How can I tell it to do nothing, just as a desktop would if it lost power?
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will boot command params acpi=off or acpi=noirq ruin my hardware?
Dell xps 15z here. Really, really trying to install linux distro to dual boot from.
first goto is bt. cant even get past 'initramfs live media filesystem not found' on usb boot.
next was ubuntu, ...
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Set fan speed by RPM on Thinkpad T420s in Linux
The only interface I've found for setting the fan speed with the thinkpad-acpi module, is setting pre-defined levels, 0-7. Example:
sudo su -c 'echo "level 2" > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan'
I would like ...
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Want to throttle CPU on Windows 7 desktop, but it is ignoring Max CPU setting in Power Options
I want to be able to substantially throttle down the CPU on my desktop, which due to space constraints is in our bedroom and the wife is suspending it each night because of the fan noise.
I've tried ...
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How to support GNU/Linux on lenovo g470 laptop ? fans, mic, sdcard etc
I recently got a lenovo g470 I use it under GNU/Linux debian and update my notes at :
http://rzr.online.fr/q/lenovo
Maybe it's a too recent model to get support, but I bet this is also affecting ...
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What is acpitz-virtual?
lm-sensors gives the following output for this machine:
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +60.0°C (crit = +105.0°C)
temp2: +56.0°C (crit = +105.0°C) ...
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What do the power management tools in Linux do? (acpi, pm-utils, etc…)
I am really really confused about the power management tools available for Linux: I have Arch Linux with XFCE on my laptop.
The guides on the the Arch Linux wiki list
acpi
acpid
pm-utils
cpufreq
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How can I tell Windows or Linux to put a specific (PCI[e]) device into sleep/off (D3) state?
How can I tell Windows or Linux to power a specific device (e.g. USB controller, network card, video card) down, that is put it in the D3 state? From the very little I know about ACPI and such, the ...
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repeatedly power on/off server or letting it run through
I run a PC at home that I want to access from remote when I am travelling.
The minimum requirement is that I can access it once every day (if I can access it more often the better of course).
I can ...
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Ubuntu 11.04, CPU Throttling Works In Reverse?
I've got an HP EliteBook 8530p. I have run prior versions of Ubuntu on this machine, but I've recently formatted and put 11.04 on it. No matter what I try, the CPU throttling goes in reverse - when ...
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How can I convince Windows 7 to reboot upon hibernating rather than powering down?
I have a Linux and Windows 7 dual-boot setup on my PC and I would like to configure the OSes so that when working in one OS, I can hibernate (saving the state to disk), reboot, use the other OS, ...
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using ACPI in terminal
I'm running Centos on my home laptop just to play around with, I ACPID running which is letting g-p-m get the battery information but I want to find out battery information over ssh and acpi doesn't ...
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How to disable automatic power-off on linux?
I need to disable the automatic power-off on shutdown so I can just withdraw the power myself. The reason for this is that the machine should power on itself when it gets power (which is accomplished ...
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What features does enabling ACPI 2.0 support in BIOS enable?
So I was booting up my box and for some odd reason my BIOS had lost settings (again), thus resetting everything to defaults. I was digging around making sure things were configured to my liking and ...
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Prevent poweroff on Debian when the physical power button is pressed
I'm on Debian-Lenny.
I want to change the action taken by the system when the power button is pressed. How do I modify the system such that it does not power off when it gets an Power Button ACPI ...
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How to set Laptop Brightness in Gnome and /proc on Thinkpad W510?
I can set the brightness of my laptop screen already via /proc. I can read and change the value.
Now I've set the value to 33 and then I went into gnome power management and enabled the option that ...
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Linux PC randomly halts [instant power off] and doesn't power back on power switch unless AC power is cut
my Linux pc is randomly powering off. the working configuration:
ATI drivers (fglrx) not loaded
cpufreq governor (either performance or powersave) and frequency are set at boot (default settings ...
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Why does installing Snow Leopard on a x86 machine require patching the DSDT?
I have seen various articles that describe how to install various versions of MacOs on x86 laptops from HP, Dell, etc.
Many of them refer to a need to patch the DSDT, and even recommend a gui DSDT ...
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How do I understand or interpret the information in an ACPI .asl file?
Dumping the contents of the Windows Registry, located at
HKLM\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT , I can get the DSDT, which I believe is the Differentiated System Description Table. More information about what a ...
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ACPI disabled from BIOS causes a restart loop
I tried to disable the ACPI feature from BIOS, but it seems the machine enters a restart loop after I do that. It always restarts itself right before the system boot begins. Any ideas?
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ACPI vs Gnome-Power-Manager
I ran acpi on the terminal and it said 20 mins before the battery is fully charged. But gnome-poower-manager applet says 40mins. Which one is a better estimate?
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Gigabyte motherboard (890gpa-ud3h) won't shutdown USB power
what the thing the Gigabyte engineers were thinking about their BIOS? How to disable USB being powered while standby/off by button?
If I do hard shutdown by button (not related to my another question ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 Keyboard and Mouse Freezing Problem
I had a partition setup with Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.04 dual booting. I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 by installing fresh from CD but leaving the previous /home folder as is. Things seemed to be ...
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Invalid ACPI : Invalid PBLK length [5] during Debian boot
I installed Debian 5.03 Lenny successfully on my machine. I got this error during boot:
ACPI : invalid PBLK length [5].
After that the Operating System boots properly and starts normally.
What ...
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Is it possible to disable ACPI Suspend in Windows XP?
Is it possible to disable ACPI Suspend in Windows XP?
I don't mean the "Control Panel, Power Settings,..., choose never to sleep, actions on button, choose 'ask me', actions on close lid, choose 'no ...
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Linux program to artificially create CPU usage
Since I own one of those Centrino based Core 2 notebooks that create annoying buzzing noises when idle (= entering C3 or C4 power saving states), I'm looking for a program that creates artificial CPU ...
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How can I manually generate a fake ACPI lid event from a script in linux?
I'm trying to make sure that my laptop will suspend if I unplug it after the lid is already closed, and I believe that one way to accomplish this would be to simulate an ACPI lid event when the power ...
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Laptop abruptly powers off after few seconds of booting
I have a 3 year old HP Pavilion dv2208 laptop. Recently it started abruptly powering off in like ~20-30 seconds into Windows boot sequence after almost every reboot/shutdown. Even if I leave it in ...
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“Bios Not fully ACPI compatible”
Why would a computer that has been working for month's suddenly start having a "Bios not fully ACPI compatible" blue screen error, when the bios has not changed?
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Suspended Laptop Cannot Wake Up - Ubuntu
I've got an ASUS G73JH, and whenever I suspend it or hibernate it, it will not wake up. The screen stays backlight but is black. The fan remains running, however the HDD does not, not disk activity is ...
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Tool for making fn-x buttons work? Archlinux, handler.sh
This just seems like such a normal thing to work. I know that this works out of the box on Ubuntu. But not in Archlinux. I would like to think that there is a tool in existence that would use ...
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How can I convince my ASUS EEE B202 to boot, when the power is returned to its power supply
My little home server 'sulks', when it loses power. Instead of booting, when the power is returned, it waits for me to press its power-button.
Is there a way to have it boot without human ...
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How do you stop Linux from re-setting the display brightness?
After manually setting the display brightness on my laptop, the system re-sets the value. If the laptop is plugged in, the value is set to full brightness; if it is not plugged in, it is set to ...
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What information is present in the ACPI tables?
What do ACPI tables contain?
I tried googling it, and it did not help.
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Keyboard doesn't work after Windows resume from sleep (S3) — how to fix?
I have a weird issue with my keyboard after resuming from S3 sleep: I can type perfectly for maybe 5 seconds, but afterwards the keyboard ceases to work until I hibernate or restart (or sleep again -- ...
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Laptop sleep: How to go into S3 easily?
Laptop: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi-3525
OS: Vista
When my laptop is plugged in and I close the lid, it goes into S1 sleep. This means that there is still:
fan noise (annoying when trying to sleep at ...
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How to view ACPI RTC alarms?
My PC resumes at 8:30 when it's in standby mode, and I would like to check if there is an RTC alarm that causes it. How can I view currently set alarms in Windows?
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System will only boot into a Live CD with core disabled in BIOS and ACPI off
I have a system that was running a Q6600 and Windows 7 RC. It crashed last night into a BSOD with a MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION. Now it does that every time it boots into Windows.
I tried using my ...
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Power states in Windows
Does anybody know or have a link to documentation on how the Power Manager of Windows, determines to go to the ACPI power states S1-S4? Are there any settings that can be configured? I know that by ...
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ACPI Throttling in Ubuntu
I'm looking to throttle my cpu through the ACPI. I've read up on it, but I keep receiving permission denied statements. I have 8 available throttling states. Here are the outcomes of my atttempts:
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