Difference between revisions of "How to make ACPI work"

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General

First, simply try using the power management features of Linux on your computer. Tell Linux to suspend (System > Preferences > Power Management in Gnome). Try closing the lid. ACPI may already work.

Update BIOS

ACPI requires a relatively new BIOS version. In particular, if you get the message,

  ACPI: Could not use ECDT

during startup, you probably need a BIOS Upgrade. For example, a BIOS upgrade from version 1.02 to 1.10 was all that was needed for ACPI to start working on an A31 2652 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (CentOS 5).

Kernel configuration

Many Kernel 2.6 distributions like Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Centos 5) have ACPI built in and ready to go. If not, you must enable ACPI support in your kernel.

To do this open your kernel config and enable ACPI Power Management:

Power management options → <*>Power Management support (CONFIG_PM)

Power management options → <*>ACPI Support (CONFIG_ACPI)

You'd most likely want to enable the following ACPI options:

Power management options → <*>Suspend to RAM and standby (CONFIG_SUSPEND)

Power management options → ACPI → <*>AC Adapter (CONFIG_ACPI_AC)

Power management options → ACPI → <*>Battery (CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY)

Power management options → ACPI → <*>Button (CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON)

Power management options → ACPI → <*>Fan (CONFIG_ACPI_FAN)

Power management options → ACPI → <*>Processor (CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR)

Power management options → ACPI → <*>Thermal Zone (CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL)

If you prefer editing your .config file directly, you should set at least the following variables:

CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIRG_YEAR=0
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y

Then recompile your kernel.

Hint:

ACPI SLEEP States option did only show up for me after patching Software Suspend 2 into the kernel. With a vanilla 2.6.17 kernel, one must enable CONFIG_SMP and CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU for the option to appear, cf. Debian bug #383059 .

(This should be fixed in 2.6.23, there are new CONFIG_SUSPEND and CONFIG_HIBERNATION config options)

Kernel boot parameters

Many ThinkPads have been hit by a recent (kernel 2.6.16) change to ACPI4Linux that changed the default means of accessing the ACPI Embedded Controller as a way to shake out underlying bugs in the EC access code. If your ThinkPad fails to resume properly (a blinking Sleep light on resume that doesn't go away, or a hang when trying to suspend/standby a second time), adding ec_intr=0 to your kernel command line may help.

ThinkPad specific ACPI driver

If you are using kernel version 2.6.22 and later, please use the thinkpad-acpi driver included with the kernel.

Hint:

Generally it is a good idea to read the README included with the driver.

Backlight problems with post-2.6.26 kernels

According to [this thread], users with 2.6.26 kernel and higher may experience problems with ThinkPad backlight contols (Fn+Home, Fn+End on T61). The symptoms are:

backlight brightness controls do not work;
Using acpi_listen command, there is no reaction for brightness down button, but brightenss up gives:

 ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001010

The solution is that one needs to enable `CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL`:

Device Drivers  --->
  Graphics Support  --->
    <*> Lowlevel video output switch controls

Subsequently one should enable 'CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO':

Power Management Options  --->
  [*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support  --->
    <*> Video

NOTE!

Without `CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL` enabled, one will not be able to enable `CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO` in menuconfig or similar interface as the option will remain hidden

ACPI S4 hardware signature mismatch

Around kernel 2.6.27, a feature was introduced to check the hardware signature on resume from S4 (hibernate). This feature might be broken on some models. Resume will halt and the following error message is shown:

ACPI: Hardware changed while hibernated, cannot resume!

Kernel panic - not syncing: ACPI S4 hardware signature mismatch

To fix it, add the following kernel parameter:

acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig

This problem appeared here on a T42p, but only if the power is unplugged while hibernated, even if the battery is still plugged. Another sympton is, that resume hangs with a dark screen if the acpi_cpufreq module is loaded, even if the power is not unplugged while hibernated. With the above mentioned kernel parameter, both problems go away.

ACPI daemon

Also you'll need to install acpid, if it isn't present on your system. acpid is a daemon that handles the ACPI events generated by the system. Read How to configure acpid.

NOTE!

For acpid to work, the ACPI event interface /proc/acpi/event must be configured in the kernel (via CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT). As of kernel 2.6.25, this interface is deprecated. ACPI events are now distributed through the kernel's input event framework, making acpid redundant and, ultimately, obsolete. However, userspace utilities have been slow to migrate toward the new interface, and many Linux distributions continue to enable the old interface. Check your kernel configuration, or check to see if /proc/acpi/event exists.

Screen blanking (Standby)

Make sure you have

Option "DPMS"

in the Monitor section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Running $ xset +dpms and then $ xset dpms force off will turn off the backlight on a laptop screen.

Note that this may not work in combination with $ echo -n "mem" > /sys/power/state because switching to console causes the backlight to come back on before sleeping.

Suspend to RAM (Sleep)

ACPI Sleep/suspend-to-ram with recent 2.6.x kernels usually works fine. Have a look at the acpid configuration HOWTO. It includes a specific example for going to sleep on lid close.

For Troubleshooting, look at the Problems with ACPI suspend-to-ram page.

Suspend to disk (Hibernate)

There are two drivers for this available:

swsusp, which is in the kernel and
TuxOnIce which is more feature rich, but not yet in the kernel, so you have to patch it in yourself.

Both are reported to work fine as long as you use open-source graphic drivers. A comparison of the features can be found on this page.

Just in case you are in doubt...yes, it is safe in both cases to use the same swap partition as active swap and as suspend partition.

See the according drivers page for instructions.

Troubleshooting

Machine reboots after shutting down

Try removing ehci_hcd before shutting down, eg, add the following line to rc.local.shutdown

rmmod ehci_hcd

Needed on X220 and X230.

ThinkPads on which it is recommended to use ACPI

ThinkPad 770X, 770Z
ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22e, A22m, A22p, A30, A30p, A31, A31p
ThinkPad G40, G41
ThinkPad R30, R31, R32, R40, R40e, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R52, R60
ThinkPad T22, T23, T30, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, T61
ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24, X30, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet
ThinkPad Z60t, Z60m, Z61m
ThinkPad X60s
ThinkPad TransNote
ThinkPad T20 and T21 have old ACPI implementations, but there have been some reports of using ACPI successfully on these models with Ubuntu and Mandriva in particular. Check the related pages about installing Linux on these models for details.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-===general===
+==General==
-First of all you'll have to enable ACPI support in your kernel (if your distro doesn't already have an ACPI enabled kernel).
+First, simply try using the power management features of Linux on your computer. Tell Linux to suspend (System > Preferences > Power Management in Gnome).  Try closing the lid.    ACPI may already work.
-To do this open your kernel config, go to <code>Power management options</code>, enable <code>Power Management support</code>, go to <code>ACPI</code> and enable the needed options. You'd most likely want to enable <code>Sleep States</code>, <code>AC Adapter</code>, <code>Battery</code>, <code>Fan</code>, <code>Processor</code> and <code>Thermal Zone</code>. Then recompile your kernel.
-If you prefer editing your .config file directly, you should set at least the following variables:
+===Update BIOS===
+ACPI requires a relatively new BIOS version.  In particular, if you get the message,
+   ACPI: Could not use ECDT
+during startup, you probably need a [[BIOS Upgrade]].  For example, a BIOS upgrade from version 1.02 to 1.10 was all that was needed for ACPI to start working on an A31 2652 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (CentOS 5).
+===Kernel configuration===
+Many Kernel 2.6 distributions like Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Centos 5) have ACPI built in and ready to go.  If not, you must enable ACPI support in your kernel.
+To do this open your kernel config and enable ACPI Power Management:
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_PM|<*>|Power Management support|Power management options|||}}
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_ACPI|<*>|ACPI Support|Power management options|||}}
+You'd most likely want to enable the following ACPI options:
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_SUSPEND|<*>|Suspend to RAM and standby|Power management options|||}}
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_ACPI_AC|<*>|AC Adapter|ACPI|Power management options||}}
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY|<*>|Battery|ACPI|Power management options||}}
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON|<*>|Button|ACPI|Power management options||}}
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_ACPI_FAN|<*>|Fan|ACPI|Power management options||}}
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR|<*>|Processor|ACPI|Power management options||}}
+:{{kernelconf|CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL|<*>|Thermal Zone|ACPI|Power management options||}}
+If you prefer editing your {{path|.config}} file directly, you should set at least the following variables:
   CONFIG_PM=y
-  CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
+  CONFIG_ACPI=y
- CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
- CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
- CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
   CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
   CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y
@@ Line 15: / Line 32: @@
   CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
   CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
-  CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
+  CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIRG_YEAR=0
   CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
   CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
- CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
   CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
-Unfortunately, special drivers for ACPI on ThinkPads were not included with kernels prior 2.6.10. So you'll have to compile one yourself. You have the choice between [[thinkpad-acpi]] and [[ibm-acpi]], with the latter being the recommended one.
+Then recompile your kernel.
+{{HINT| ACPI SLEEP States option did only show up for me after patching [[Software Suspend 2]] into the kernel. With a vanilla 2.6.17 kernel, one must enable CONFIG_SMP and CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU for the option to appear, cf. [http://bugs.debian.org/383059 Debian bug #383059] .
+(This should be fixed in 2.6.23, there are new CONFIG_SUSPEND and CONFIG_HIBERNATION config options)}}
+===Kernel boot parameters===
+Many ThinkPads have been hit by a recent (kernel 2.6.16) change to ACPI4Linux that changed the default means of accessing the ACPI Embedded Controller as a way to shake out underlying bugs in the EC access code. If your ThinkPad fails to resume properly (a blinking Sleep light on resume that doesn't go away, or a hang when trying to suspend/standby a second time), adding {{bootparm|ec_intr|0}} to your kernel command line may help.
-Also you'll need to install [[acpid]], if it isn't present on your system. [[acpid]] is a daemon that handles the ACPI events generated by the system. Basically, acpid just executes scripts residing in <tt>/etc/acpi/actions</tt>. Which script to launch at which event is configured in several files in <tt>/etc/acpi/events</tt>. See <tt>man acpid</tt> for more information on how to configure acpid. The [[ibm-acpi]] packages includes example scripts in the <tt>config</tt> folder inside the tarball. They are a good starting point to adjust them to your needs. You also might have a look at the [[Configs#ACPI | ACPI section of the Configs page]] and you can find information about the event strings ibm-acpi generates for certain keys at the [[How to get special keys to work#ibm-acpi_events | Special Keys HOWTO]].
+===ThinkPad specific ACPI driver===
-In general it is a good idea to read the README included with the ibm-acpi source tarball.
+If you are using kernel version 2.6.22 and later, please use the [[thinkpad-acpi]] driver included with the kernel.
-===Screen blanking (Standby)===
+{{HINT|Generally it is a good idea to read the README included with the driver.}}
+===Backlight problems with post-2.6.26 kernels===
+According to [[http://www.nabble.com/T61-Brightness-keys-with-2.6.26-not-working-(NVIDIA)-td18577619.html this thread]], users with 2.6.26 kernel and higher may experience problems with ThinkPad backlight contols ('''Fn+Home''', '''Fn+End''' on T61). The symptoms are:
+* backlight brightness controls do not work;
+* Using '''acpi_listen''' command, there is no reaction for '''brightness down''' button, but '''brightenss up''' gives:
+  ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001010
+The solution is that one needs to enable `CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL`:
+ Device Drivers  --->
+   Graphics Support  --->
+     <*> Lowlevel video output switch controls
+Subsequently one should enable 'CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO':
+ Power Management Options  --->
+   [*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support  --->
+     <*> Video
+{{NOTE|Without `CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL` enabled, one will not be able to enable `CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO` in menuconfig or similar interface as the option will remain hidden}}
+===ACPI S4 hardware signature mismatch===
+Around kernel 2.6.27, a feature was introduced to check the hardware signature on resume from S4 (hibernate). This feature might be broken on some models. Resume will halt and the following error message is shown:
+:ACPI: Hardware changed while hibernated, cannot resume!
+:Kernel panic - not syncing: ACPI S4 hardware signature mismatch
+To fix it, add the following kernel parameter:
+:acpi_sleep=s4_nohwsig
+This problem appeared here on a T42p, but only if the power is unplugged while hibernated, even if the battery is still plugged. Another sympton is, that resume hangs with a dark screen if the acpi_cpufreq module is loaded, even if the power is not unplugged while hibernated. With the above mentioned kernel parameter, both problems go away.
+===ACPI daemon===
+Also you'll need to install [[acpid]], if it isn't present on your system. [[acpid]] is a daemon that handles the ACPI events generated by the system. Read [[How to configure acpid]].
+{{NOTE|For [[acpid]] to work, the ACPI event interface <TT>/proc/acpi/event</TT> must be configured in the kernel (via <TT>CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT</TT>).  As of kernel 2.6.25, this interface is deprecated.  ACPI events are now distributed through the kernel's input event framework, making [[acpid]] redundant and, ultimately, obsolete.  However, userspace utilities have been slow to migrate toward the new interface, and many Linux distributions continue to enable the old interface.  Check your kernel configuration, or check to see if <TT>/proc/acpi/event</TT> exists.}}
+==Screen blanking (Standby)==
 Make sure you have
-*Option "DPMS"
+ Option "DPMS"
-in the Monitor section of your XF86Config/xorg.conf.
+in the Monitor section of your {{path|/etc/X11/XF86Config}} or {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}.
-Running <code>xset +dpms</code> and then <code>xset dpms force off</code> will turn off the backlight on a laptop screen.<br />
+Running {{cmduser|xset +dpms}} and then {{cmduser|xset dpms force off}} will turn off the backlight on a laptop screen.<br />
-To force a screen off that is using a radeon chipset, install the [[radeontool]] package.
-===Suspend to RAM (Sleep)===
+Note that this may not work in combination with {{cmduser|echo -n "mem" > /sys/power/state}} because switching to console causes the backlight to come back on before sleeping.
-ACPI Sleep and suspend-to-ram with recent 2.6.x kernels usually works fine, too.
-With a 2.6.9 kernel, when resuming from a suspend-to-ram the display might remain black (the system is still rebootable via ctrl-alt-del). This can be fixed by adding "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" to the kernel boot parameters.
+See also [[How to reduce power consumption#LCD Backlight/Brightness]]
-However I experience some problems with the serial port of the port replicator
+==Suspend to RAM (Sleep)==
-after the wake up from ram.
+ACPI Sleep/suspend-to-ram with recent 2.6.x kernels usually works fine. Have a look at the [[How to configure acpid|acpid configuration HOWTO]]. It includes a specific example for going to sleep on lid close.
-Also, you might want to take note of the [[Problem with high power drain in ACPI sleep]].
+For Troubleshooting, look at the [[Problems with ACPI suspend-to-ram|Problems with ACPI suspend-to-ram page]].
-===Suspend to disk (Hibernate)===
+==Suspend to disk (Hibernate)==
 There are two drivers for this available:
-* swsusp, which is in the kernel and
+* [[swsusp]], which is in the kernel and
-* [http://developer.berlios.de/projects/softwaresuspend/ SoftwareSuspend2] which is more feature rich, but not yet in the kernel, so you have to patch it in yourself
+* [[TuxOnIce]] which is more feature rich, but not yet in the kernel, so you have to patch it in yourself.
 Both are reported to work fine as long as you use open-source graphic drivers. A comparison of the features can be found on [http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de/features.html this page].
 Just in case you are in doubt...yes, it is safe in both cases to use the same swap partition as active swap and as suspend partition.
-====using swsusp====
+See the according drivers page for instructions.
-Software Suspend (swsusp) is included in the 2.6 kernel series. It seems like no patches for 2.4 kernels are available.
-To enable it, go to <tt>Power management options</tt> and enable <tt>Power management support</tt> and <tt>Software Suspend</tt> in the kernel config menu. You'll also want to give the swap partition to suspend to in <tt>Default resume partition</tt>.
-In case you prefer to edit your config file directly, you should have the following three entries look like here...
+== Troubleshooting ==
- CONFIG_PM=y
- CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND=y
- CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION="/dev/resume_partition"
-...where <tt>/dev/resume_partition</tt> needs to be replaced by the swap partition you want to use for suspending. (Use <tt>fdisk -l /dev/hda</tt> if unsure.)
-You can override the default resume partition anytime by giving <tt>resume=/dev/resume_partition</tt> as kernel boot parameter.
+=== Machine reboots after shutting down ===
-Also, ihn case you suspended, but want to boot up normally (without resuming from the saved image - loosing all data that was unsaved at suspend time), you can give the <tt>noresume</tt> kernel boot parameter.
-To suspend you can either do a simple <tt>echo -n 4 > /proc/acpi/sleep</tt> (recommended) or use the [http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de/old-site/swsusp/sysvinit-2.76-v2-for_swsusp-v5.tar.gz patched SysVInit] and call <tt>swsusp</tt> or <tt>shutdown -z now</tt>.
+Try removing ehci_hcd before shutting down, eg, add the following line to rc.local.shutdown
-Ideally you would do this from a script like <tt>/etc/acpi/actions/hibernate.sh</tt>. It has proven to be a good idea to shutdown the following processes/drivers within the script before you do the actual suspend.
+ rmmod ehci_hcd
-*any running mysql server
-*the madwifi driver, if you happen to use it
-Afterwards you might want to enable them again, as well as run a script that does necessary configurations according to the ac power state.
-Furthermore, the system clock is not readjusted automatically, so you will probably also want the do that from that script (i.e. by restarting your systemclock bootup script).
-Finally you should take note that swsusp does not set the ACPI S4 state. Instead it goes to S5. This means that the machine itself doesn't know that it was suspend rather than shutdown. Hence you can i.e. boot a parallel installed other operating system and resume your linux session later, as long as you don't touch the swap partition the image was saved to.
+Needed on {{X220}} and {{X230|Reboots after shutting down}}.
-====using SoftwareSuspend2====
+==ThinkPads on which it is recommended to use ACPI==
-Todo...
+*ThinkPad {{770X}}, {{770Z}}
+*ThinkPad {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}
+*ThinkPad {{G40}}, {{G41}}
+*ThinkPad {{R30}}, {{R31}}, {{R32}}, {{R40}}, {{R40e}}, {{R50}}, {{R50e}}, {{R50p}}, {{R51}}, {{R52}}, {{R60}}
+*ThinkPad {{T22}}, {{T23}}, {{T30}}, {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}, {{T43}}, {{T43p}}, {{T61}}
+*ThinkPad {{X20}}, {{X21}}, {{X22}}, {{X23}}, {{X24}}, {{X30}}, {{X31}}, {{X32}}, {{X40}}, {{X41}}, {{X41T}}
+*ThinkPad {{Z60t}}, {{Z60m}}, {{Z61m}}
+*ThinkPad {{X60s}}
+*ThinkPad {{TransNote}}
+*ThinkPad {{T20}} and {{T21}} have old ACPI implementations, but there have been some reports of using ACPI successfully on these models with Ubuntu and Mandriva in particular. Check the related pages about installing Linux on these models for details.

Difference between revisions of "How to make ACPI work"

Latest revision as of 02:24, 28 October 2015

Contents

General

Update BIOS

Kernel configuration

Kernel boot parameters

ThinkPad specific ACPI driver

Backlight problems with post-2.6.26 kernels

ACPI S4 hardware signature mismatch

ACPI daemon

Screen blanking (Standby)

Suspend to RAM (Sleep)

Suspend to disk (Hibernate)

Troubleshooting

Machine reboots after shutting down

ThinkPads on which it is recommended to use ACPI

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