Re: problems with sysmon power

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:31:01 +0100
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 08:11:26PM +0100, Matthias Drochner wrote:
> > I get that message. What I said was
> >     is not updated until either the state changes
> >     (if I unplug/replug the power supply), or "envstat" is
> > invoked So if I just boot with AC and neither unplug the connector
> > not invoke "envstat", the kernel keeps believing that no AC is
> > present.
> 
> Ah, so it doesn't handle the initial state correctly? That should be
> easy to fix.
> 
I think there's a similar issue on resume, if the AC power state
changed while suspended.


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