Re: [gpm] Broken Bios

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 08:16 -0600, David Berg wrote:
> On 3/25/06, Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 23:10 -0600, David Berg wrote:
> > > Could someone help me out with what I need to modify to make g-p-m
> > > ignore the state?
> >
> > Hmm. What is the make and model of your laptop? We should remove the
> > "button" capability in HAL if the hardware is known busted on that
> > model, then g-p-m will be unaware of the lid completely.
> 
> It is a Linux Certified 2210D which is built with a Uniwill 245II0 --
> I still need to file a bug report with the manufacturer.

I wouldn't mind betting that your DSDT is broken.

Can you look at http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php and try to
dump your asl file, and then try to recompile it to check it?

There's a few Uniwill laptops listed there, but unfortunately, not your
model.

Tell me how you get on..

Richard.