Description of problem: Update of kernel from kernel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 to kernel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 produces a new error message in dmesg. Wasn't there in previous kernel. Message is: ACPI Error (evgpeblk-0284): Unknown GPE method type: NFPB (name not of form _Lxx or _Exx) [20060127] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 How reproducible: First boot after update of kernel. I will check again on the next boot. Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum update (updates kernel and gdm) 2. boot 3. examine dmesg Actual results: dmesg contains the described acpi error message Expected results: no acpi error message Additional info: system is an IBM ThinkCentre 8143-4JU CPU0: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE MSRs (12) available CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz stepping 01 CPU1: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE MSRs (12) available CPU1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz stepping 01
Created attachment 127053 [details] Full /var/log/dmesg showing error
[This comment added as part of a mass-update to all open FC4 kernel bugs] FC4 has now transitioned to the Fedora legacy project, which will continue to release security related updates for the kernel. As this bug is not security related, it is unlikely to be fixed in an update for FC4, and has been migrated to FC5. Please retest with Fedora Core 5. Thank you.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
Kernel 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5 has corrected this bug on my system.