Re: a question and pmtest

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:50:45 -0500 Jonathan Steinert [off-list ref]
wrote:

| My main problem is that my dell inspiron 8200 w/ Nvidia GF4 go will not  |
turn the LCD back on after it is turned off (either by LID event, or by  | a
sleep state). I asked about this on the support list and they tried to  |
blame it on XFree86, but I'm not running X (yet). So the first question  |
is, how can would one debug this without pmtest or how can I fix pmtest? |

| I saw a post earlier on the list saying that pmtest in the pmtools  |
package is orphaned right now, and that it won't compile. However it  |
seems to compile just fine with gcc-3.0 and 3.2, does this indicate a  |
compiler bug? I've recompiled my entire kernel with both 3.0 and 3.2  | with
no sideffects, but I need pmtest to try to fix the aformentioned  | problem.
|
| Sadly, even though it compiles... when I try to insmod it I get the  |
following message:
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| Error inserting 'pmtest.o': -1 Invalid module format

You are using the 2.5 module tools (utils), right?
How about trying 'insmod pmtest.ko' ?
or is it not even building a (correct) 2.5 module?

I don't know the status of pmtest.  Anyone else?

Make sure that you have the 2.5 module tools.

I fixed the pmtest Makefile so that it works with 2.4 and 2.5 kernels.
I checked it into CVS at sf.net/projects/acpi/ and I have attached
it here.  See the Makefile for how to use it.

| and this message shows up in my syslog:
|
| No module found in object
|
| I've added the MODULE_AUTHOR/DESCRIPTION/LICENSE functions to the file  |
before compilation, but am unknowing as to what else is missing. Does  |
anyone have any time to shed any light on this problem? I've never done  |
any kernel programming before, but am willing to learn if necessary. |
| Thanks much for your time.
|
| --hachi
|
| Kernel 2.5.69 and 2.5.70, both with patched DSDT. All ACPI components  |
built-in to the kernel. Currently running 2.5.70 compiled under gcc-3.2,  |
no framebuffer, no x, acpid 1.0.2, email me for more if needed.

HTH.

--
~Randy