[arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.21 series hits testing
Hi kernel 2.6.21 series is now in testing, it will be the kernel series for next release so please test this stuff well before it can go into current repository. Changes: - latest alsa hg stuff added - updated patches to fit for .21 kernel - Recent Changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_21 have fun and report Showstoppers: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6875 thanks greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
Hi kernel 2.6.21 series is now in testing, it will be the kernel series for next release so please test this stuff well before it can go into current repository.
Changes: - latest alsa hg stuff added - updated patches to fit for .21 kernel
- Recent Changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_21
have fun and report Showstoppers: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6875 thanks
- kqemu seems to be broken (please confirm)
I will test that tonight. - xfce4 battery meter seems broken (please confirm) Why only xfce? If only one user reported that, I guess it is an ACPI problem on this machine that is not xfce-specific, but rather machine-specific (and the reporter happens to use xfce). Due to the heavy ACPI changes in this release, this seems likely. - ivtv is not building :( If I get the time tonight, I will try to fix that, if I can. Just FYI: It seems that the suspend2 bugs that prevented me from releasing a kernel26suspend2 are now fixed, so I will release kernel26suspend2 2.6.21 soon, with all patches that kernel26 has (as usual). Based on an expected kernel26 testing period of one week, it seems likely that we will be releasing Archlinux-2006.05.05 or so (+- a few days. We should think of a cool codename for that: As I just heard, pacman3 will be in current by the time kernel26 moves, the codename should somehow be related to pacman. I hope someone can think of a cool one.
Quoting Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>:
- xfce4 battery meter seems broken (please confirm)
Why only xfce? If only one user reported that, I guess it is an ACPI problem on this machine that is not xfce-specific, but rather machine-specific (and the reporter happens to use xfce). Due to the heavy ACPI changes in this release, this seems likely.
My best guess is the following: Problems in 2.6.20 were related to the fact that acpi modules firstly were not loaded by default for most of the users. Hence, no directory /proc/acpi/bat existed. The xfce4-battery-plugin resolves the issue by showing that 50% thingy.
From the release logs, IIRC, as of 2.6.21 the acpi stuff moves now from /proc/acpi to /sys. This is supposed to be work in progress, but the battery stuff might be already affected. (I'm fishing here, I didn't check the patches)
-T
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 06:31:46AM +0200, tobias@justdreams.de wrote:
Quoting Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>:
- xfce4 battery meter seems broken (please confirm)
Why only xfce? If only one user reported that, I guess it is an ACPI problem on this machine that is not xfce-specific, but rather machine-specific (and the reporter happens to use xfce). Due to the heavy ACPI changes in this release, this seems likely.
My best guess is the following: Problems in 2.6.20 were related to the fact that acpi modules firstly were not loaded by default for most of the users. Hence, no directory /proc/acpi/bat existed. The xfce4-battery-plugin resolves the issue by showing that 50% thingy.
From the release logs, IIRC, as of 2.6.21 the acpi stuff moves now from /proc/acpi to /sys. This is supposed to be work in progress, but the battery stuff might be already affected. (I'm fishing here, I didn't check the patches)
-T
Actually, I'm the one who has a problem with xfce, 2.6.21, and the battery monitor. Using 2.6.20 (with modules) it works but using 2.6.21 (with modules) it doesn't. The acpi command still works, but the panel battery monitor doesn't. Someone else try it! Make me not look crazy! Jason
Quoting Jason Chu <jason@archlinux.org>:
From the release logs, IIRC, as of 2.6.21 the acpi stuff moves now from /proc/acpi to /sys. This is supposed to be work in progress, but the
stuff might be already affected. (I'm fishing here, I didn't check the
battery patches)
-T
Actually, I'm the one who has a problem with xfce, 2.6.21, and the battery monitor. Using 2.6.20 (with modules) it works but using 2.6.21 (with modules) it doesn't. The acpi command still works, but the panel battery monitor doesn't.
Someone else try it! Make me not look crazy! Hehehe, I doubt you're crazy, I said I'm fishing. I can try it on my testing laptop by tomorrow. That the acpi command still works is a hint that /proc/acpi/battery still exists and the battery-monitor uses a different method to read out information. But, glancing over the code, the battery-monitor uses a libacpi.c file reading from hard-coded /proc/acpi/... directory. Can you see if you still have a /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0 directory and post the output of cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* please?
-T
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:55:09AM +0200, tobias@justdreams.de wrote:
Quoting Jason Chu <jason@archlinux.org>:
From the release logs, IIRC, as of 2.6.21 the acpi stuff moves now from /proc/acpi to /sys. This is supposed to be work in progress, but the
stuff might be already affected. (I'm fishing here, I didn't check the
battery patches)
-T
Actually, I'm the one who has a problem with xfce, 2.6.21, and the battery monitor. Using 2.6.20 (with modules) it works but using 2.6.21 (with modules) it doesn't. The acpi command still works, but the panel battery monitor doesn't.
Someone else try it! Make me not look crazy! Hehehe, I doubt you're crazy, I said I'm fishing. I can try it on my testing laptop by tomorrow. That the acpi command still works is a hint that /proc/acpi/battery still exists and the battery-monitor uses a different method to read out information. But, glancing over the code, the battery-monitor uses a libacpi.c file reading from hard-coded /proc/acpi/... directory. Can you see if you still have a /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0 directory and post the output of cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* please?
The /proc/acpi/batter/BAT0 directory exists and the output of cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* is this: [jchu@wingnut ~]$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* alarm: 9055 mAh present: yes design capacity: 7800 mAh last full capacity: 6798 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 780 mAh design capacity low: 236 mAh capacity granularity 1: 78 mAh capacity granularity 2: 78 mAh model number: DELL YG3106 serial number: 1948 battery type: LION OEM info: SMP present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 1 mA remaining capacity: 7800 mAh present voltage: 12585 mV Jason
Quoting Jason Chu <jason@archlinux.org>:
The /proc/acpi/batter/BAT0 directory exists and the output of cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* is this:
[jchu@wingnut ~]$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* alarm: 9055 mAh present: yes design capacity: 7800 mAh last full capacity: 6798 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 780 mAh design capacity low: 236 mAh capacity granularity 1: 78 mAh capacity granularity 2: 78 mAh model number: DELL YG3106 serial number: 1948 battery type: LION OEM info: SMP present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 1 mA remaining capacity: 7800 mAh present voltage: 12585 mV
Ok, this blows my theory to dust. I will compile the battery monitor with debug symbols tomorrow and it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what the hell is goin' on. -T
Hi found a patch for ivtv it is building now. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
Hi kernel 2.6.21 series is now in testing, it will be the kernel series for next release so please test this stuff well before it can go into current repository.
Changes: - latest alsa hg stuff added - updated patches to fit for .21 kernel
- Recent Changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_21
have fun and report Showstoppers: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6875 battery plugin fixed and in testing
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