Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 80288
Anaconda power save Problem and Workaround
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:49:15 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.22; Mac_PowerPC) Description of problem: Clean full (all packages) install of Phoebe on new IBM Thinkpad A31 (ATI Radeon 7500) from tested ISO images. After a 'while' the screen blanks (screen goes black but backlight stays on) while the install process continues. Pressing keys or wiggling the mouse does not restore the anaconda screen, the screen remains completely black. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run installer. 2. Wait while not touching keyboard or mouse. Actual Results: Screen goes blank. Wiggling mouse or pressing keys does not restore the screen. It remains completely black but backlight is on. Switching to virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and back to X does not resolve the issue. Expected Results: Screen unblanks, contents are restored. Additional info: One can work around the problem by pressing Fn+F7 twice or thrice. This switches the computer to the external monitor output and back to the built-in screen, causing the display to be re-initialized. Installation can then be completed succesfully.
What happens if you boot the installer with acpi=off?
Never mind the boot parameters, there's no ACPI in the boot kernel.
Do you have any power saving options enabled in your BIOS?
Yes, powersaving options were enabled in the BIOS. One cannot choose between APM or ACPI. I have now disabled all powersaving features. Having run the machine for a couple of weeks the following is evident:1. ACPI on this machine is completely broken. I'm now booting with "acpi=off". With ACPI on, the problem is that upon receving ACPI event, the kernel gets itself in an endless loop, spamming /var/log/messages. Below you can see the startup ACPI messages followed by a snippet of the endless loop.2. Booting with ACPI is off apparently gets us APM support. This doesn't work well either in that the machine puts the /screen/ to sleep but does not seem to properly re-initialize it upon wakeup. The only remedy here is to close the lid (putting the whole machine to sleep) and re-open it (causing a complete system wakeup), which gets the screen re-drawn.(It would appear that the backlight is turned on and off correctly but that some kind of a re-draw is required to turn the screen from nicely back-lit black back to a something that looks like X.)HTH[...]Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI: Core Subsystem version [20021205]Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno rc: Starting keytable: succeededDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0263: *** Info: GPE Block0 defined as GPE0 to GPE15Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0263: *** Info: GPE Block1 defined as GPE16 to GPE31Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.FDC_._INI] (Node c1ad4500), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__._INI] (Node c1adc3c0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT0._STA] (Node c1adcbe0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT0._STA] (Node c1adcbe0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node c1adcd60), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node c1adcd60), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLID] (Node c1ad5e60), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno random: Initializing random number generator: succeededDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLII] (Node c1ad5e40), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLPC] (Node c1ad5e00), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.SLAV._STA] (Node c1ad4460), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.SLAV._STA] (Node c1ad4460), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BRID] (Node c1ad4280), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BRII] (Node c1ad4260), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BRPC] (Node c1ad4220), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR._STA] (Node c1ad44a0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR._STA] (Node c1ad44a0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLID] (Node c1ad5e60), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLII] (Node c1ad5e40), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLPC] (Node c1ad5e00), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BSTA] (Node c1ad5c00), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.USB0.URTH.UNST._STA] (Node c1ad58c0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services:Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.USB0.URTH.UNST._STA] (Node c1ad58c0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI: Subsystem enabled[...]Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18]Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18]Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18]Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18]Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXISTDec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18]
Yes, powersaving options were enabled in the BIOS. One cannot choose between APM or ACPI. I have now disabled all powersaving features. Having run the machine for a couple of weeks the following is evident: 1. ACPI on this machine is completely broken. I'm now booting with "acpi=off". With ACPI on, the problem is that upon receving ACPI event, the kernel gets itself in an endless loop, spamming /var/log/messages. Below you can see the startup ACPI messages followed by a snippet of the endless loop. 2. Booting with ACPI is off apparently gets us APM support. This doesn't work well either in that the machine puts the /screen/ to sleep but does not seem to properly re-initialize it upon wakeup. The only remedy here is to close the lid (putting the whole machine to sleep) and re-open it (causing a complete system wakeup), which gets the screen re-drawn. (It would appear that the backlight is turned on and off correctly but that some kind of a re-draw is required to turn the screen from nicely back-lit black back to a something that looks like X.) HTH [...] Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI: Core Subsystem version [20021205] Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno rc: Starting keytable: succeeded Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0263: *** Info: GPE Block0 defined as GPE0 to GPE15 Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0263: *** Info: GPE Block1 defined as GPE16 to GPE31 Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.FDC_._INI] (Node c1ad4500), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__._INI] (Node c1adc3c0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT0._STA] (Node c1adcbe0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT0._STA] (Node c1adcbe0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node c1adcd60), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT1._STA] (Node c1adcd60), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLID] (Node c1ad5e60), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno random: Initializing random number generator: succeeded Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLII] (Node c1ad5e40), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:35 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLPC] (Node c1ad5e00), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.SLAV._STA] (Node c1ad4460), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.SLAV._STA] (Node c1ad4460), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BRID] (Node c1ad4280), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BRII] (Node c1ad4260), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BRPC] (Node c1ad4220), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR._STA] (Node c1ad44a0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR._STA] (Node c1ad44a0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLID] (Node c1ad5e60), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLII] (Node c1ad5e40), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BLPC] (Node c1ad5e00), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BSTA] (Node c1ad5c00), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.USB0.URTH.UNST._STA] (Node c1ad58c0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services: Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI-0080: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.USB0.URTH.UNST._STA] (Node c1ad58c0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 13:03:36 dunno kernel: ACPI: Subsystem enabled [...] Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18] Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18] Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18] Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18] Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-1103: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_GPE._L18] (Node c1ad4ce0), AE_NOT_EXIST Dec 23 23:43:56 dunno kernel: ACPI-0572: *** Error: AE_NOT_EXIST while evaluating method [_L18] for GPE[18]
Have you been able to try this with the second Pheoebe beta?
Closing due to inactivity - please reopen if you have additional information to add to this report.