On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:12:15 +0000
Pavel Jirout <jiroutp@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> after todays update of userland and kernel (GENERIC i386) I get these
> console messages Im using an IBM Thinkpad X24 (sorry, its old)
> 
> acpiecdt0: command takes over 5sec...
> ACPI Exception (evregion-0529): AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for
> [EmbeddedControl] [20070320] ACPI Error (psparse-0626): Method
> parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.GBIF] (Node 0xc1902080),
> AE_ERROR ACPI Error (psparse-0626): Method parse/execution failed
> [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT0._BIF] (Node 0xc1903f40), AE_ERROR
> acpibat0: failed to evaluate _BIF: AE_ERROR acpibat0: battery
> info: , ,  11050 ACPI Exception (evregion-0529): AE_ERROR, Returned
> by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20070320] ACPI Error
> (psparse-0626): Method parse/execution failed
> [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.GBST] (Node 0xc1902060), AE_ERROR ACPI Error
> (psparse-0626): Method parse/execution failed
> [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.BAT0._BST] (Node 0xc1903f20), AE_ERROR
> acpibat0: failed to evaluate _BST: AE_ERROR acpiecdt0: command takes
> over 5sec...
> 
If all else fails, you may want to try GENERIC.NOACPI -- that should be
the old system, with apm instead of ACPI.  (I seem to recall seeing
that Thinkpads of that vintage had buggy, non-conforming ACPI tables.
There is some dangerous procedure to update your tables...  You may
want to see if there's a newer BIOS available.)


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb