Advice on result of using acpi_osi=Linux

As requested via syslog message, I'm reporting the results I obtained using acpi_osi=Linux on the boot command line:

Without this addition to command line, I get:

Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI System Vendor: 

Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI Product Name: 

Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI Product Version: 

Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI Board Name: DG31PR
Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI BIOS Vendor: Intel Corp.
Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI BIOS Date: 09/28/2007
Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: Please send DMI info above to [email protected]
Apr 23 14:04:38 mudlark kernel: ACPI: If "acpi_osi=Linux" works better, please notify [email protected]

With this addition, I get:

Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query honored via cmdline
Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI System Vendor: 

Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI Product Name: 

Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI Product Version: 

Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI Board Name: DG31PR
Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI BIOS Vendor: Intel Corp.
Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: DMI BIOS Date: 09/28/2007
Apr 23 14:13:57 mudlark kernel: ACPI: Please send DMI info above to [email protected]

I'm not sure if this constitutes better but I thought I'd report it anyway.

Peter

Peter Williams                                   [email protected]

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
 -- Ambrose Bierce

thanks for the report, peter.

please send me the output from dmidecode.

-Len

Attached below. I've noticed some discrepancies between this output and what I've observed in the BIOS set up, namely video, sound and ethernet are listed as disabled (below) but are enabled in the BIOS set up. The video and ethernet are working OK but the sound card does not appear to be found. I've discussed the sound card issue with the appropriate developers and their consensus is that it is not a problem in the sound software but at a deeper level in PCI or ACPI.

If you wish me to test kernel changes to investigate these problems (or any other issues) I'm happy to help so don't hesitate to ask.

# dmidecode 2.7
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
42 structures occupying 1671 bytes.
Table at 0x000E8170.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes.
BIOS Information
Vendor: Intel Corp.
Version: PRG3110H.86A.0028.2007.0928.1134
Release Date: 09/28/2007
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
LS-120 boot is supported
ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes. System Information
Manufacturer:
Product Name:
Version:
Serial Number:
UUID: E9478ECA-AD17-11DC-8733-0011D8A408ED Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family: Not Specified

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes.
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Product Name: DG31PR
Version: AAD97573-204
Serial Number: BTPR75000DPM
Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M. Features:
Board is a hosting board Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: To be filled by O.E.M. Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 21 bytes. Chassis Information
Manufacturer:
Type: Unknown
Lock: Not Present Version:
Serial Number:
Asset Tag:
Boot-up State: Safe Power Supply State: Safe Thermal State: Safe Security Status: None OEM Information: 0x00000000
Heigth: Unspecified Number Of Power Cords: 1 Contained Elements: 0

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes.
Processor Information
Socket Designation: J3E1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Pentium 4
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: FD 06 00 00 FF FB EB BF
Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 15, Stepping 13 Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) DS (Debug store)
ACPI (ACPI supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) SS (Self-snoop)
HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
TM (Thermal monitor supported)
PBE (Pending break enabled)
Version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz
Voltage: Unknown
External Clock: 800 MHz
Max Speed: 4000 MHz
Current Speed: 2400 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: Other
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: Not Specified

Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes.
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Unknown
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 32 KB
Maximum Size: 32 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes.
Cache Information
Socket Designation: Unknown
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 2048 KB
Maximum Size: 2048 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 126, 19 bytes. Inactive

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J1A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: PS2Mouse External Connector Type: PS/2 Port Type: Mouse Port

Handle 0x0009, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J1A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Keyboard External Connector Type: PS/2 Port Type: Keyboard Port

Handle 0x000A, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J4A3 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB1 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J4A3 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB2 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000C, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J4A3 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB3 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J4A3 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB4 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: JA4A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB5 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB

Handle 0x000F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: JA4A1 Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB6 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB

Handle 0x0010, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: PRIMARY Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0011, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: SECONDARY Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0012, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: ATX_PWR Internal Connector Type: Other External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0013, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J6J2 - SATA Internal Connector Type: Other External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0014, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J6H3 - SATA Internal Connector Type: Other External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0015, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J6H4 - SATA Internal Connector Type: Other External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0016, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J3J1 - FLOPPY Internal Connector Type: On Board Floppy External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0017, DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
Port Connector Information
Internal Reference Designator: J9H1 - FRONT PANEL HDR Internal Connector Type: 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut) External Reference Designator: Not Specified External Connector Type: None
Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0018, DMI type 9, 13 bytes. System Slot Information
Designation: PCIE X16 SLOT
Type: x16 PCI Express Current Usage: Available
Length: Short Characteristics:
3.3 V is provided

Handle 0x0019, DMI type 9, 13 bytes. System Slot Information
Designation: PCIE X1 SLOT 1
Type: x1 PCI Express Current Usage: Available
Length: Short Characteristics:
3.3 V is provided PME signal is supported SMBus signal is supported

Handle 0x001A, DMI type 9, 13 bytes. System Slot Information
Designation: PCIE X1 SLOT 2
Type: x1 PCI Express Current Usage: Available
Length: Short Characteristics:
3.3 V is provided PME signal is supported SMBus signal is supported

Handle 0x001B, DMI type 9, 13 bytes. System Slot Information
Designation: PCI SLOT 1
Type: 32-bit PCI
Current Usage: Available
Length: Long
ID: 1
Characteristics:
3.3 V is provided PME signal is supported SMBus signal is supported

Handle 0x001C, DMI type 10, 6 bytes. On Board Device Information
Type: Video
Status: Disabled
Description: Intel(R) Extreme Graphics 3 Controller

Handle 0x001D, DMI type 10, 6 bytes.
On Board Device Information
Type: Sound
Status: Disabled
Description: Intel(R) Azalia Audio Device

Handle 0x001E, DMI type 10, 6 bytes. On Board Device Information
Type: Ethernet
Status: Disabled
Description: Intel (R) 82562 Ethernet Device.

Handle 0x001F, DMI type 11, 5 bytes. OEM Strings
String 1: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x0020, DMI type 12, 5 bytes. System Configuration Options

        Option 1: BOOT SELECT :: 00 = SPI; 11 = PCI/LPC

Handle 0x0021, DMI type 13, 22 bytes.
BIOS Language Information
Installable Languages: 1
en|US|iso8859-1
Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1

Handle 0x0022, DMI type 16, 15 bytes. Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 4 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 2

Handle 0x0023, DMI type 19, 15 bytes. Memory Array Mapped Address

        Starting Address: 0x00000000000
        Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF
        Range Size: 4 GB
        Physical Array Handle: 0x0022
        Partition Width: 0

Handle 0x0024, DMI type 17, 27 bytes. Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0022
Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: J6H1
Bank Locator: CHAN A DIMM 0
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
Manufacturer: Unknown
Serial Number: Unknown
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: Unknown

Handle 0x0025, DMI type 20, 19 bytes. Memory Device Mapped Address

        Starting Address: 0x00000000000
        Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
        Range Size: 2 GB
        Physical Device Handle: 0x0024
        Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0023
        Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x0026, DMI type 17, 27 bytes. Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0022
Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: J6H2
Bank Locator: CHAN A DIMM 1
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
Manufacturer: Unknown
Serial Number: Unknown
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: Unknown

Handle 0x0027, DMI type 20, 19 bytes. Memory Device Mapped Address

        Starting Address: 0x00080000000
        Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF
        Range Size: 2 GB
        Physical Device Handle: 0x0026
        Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x0023
        Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x0028, DMI type 32, 20 bytes. System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected

Handle 0x0029, DMI type 127, 4 bytes. End Of Table

Peter Williams                                   [email protected]

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
 -- Ambrose Bierce