acpi not accepting command

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, E GCP wrote:

>> For example, if I type in a terminal as root: echo mem > /sys/power/state 
>> nothing happens. It takes >the command in very quicky and doesn't send any 
>> error, but it also doesn't do anything either. Just >like if I have pressed 
>> the RETURN key with no command before it.
>
> Well, it seems that the SMP kernel has a bug that does not let the computer 
> go to sleep. It is strange since SMP needs ACPI to work.
>
> I installed the plain kernel from FC3, same version as SMP kernel, but the 
> one without SMP and the computer recognizes the  command echo mem > 
> /sys/power/state and goes to sleep.
>
> Unfortunately, my processor has hyper-threading so without SMP in the kernel 
> I loose all those capabilities.  Where do I report this problem with the 
> SMP-kernel?

bugzilla.redhat.org to get the Fedora team tracking it.  Also check 
bugzilla.kernel.org to see if it is already being worked on upstream.

>
> Thanks,
> egcp
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 		Matthew Saltzman

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