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Hi there, |
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I wrote this reply to the gentoo-user list, and no one has responded. |
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As I really need this resolved, I have brought the progress over here. |
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Here is the original message. |
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Richard Fish wrote: |
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>Ian K wrote: |
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>>>Probably not KDE, but possibly X itself. Maybe it isn't the CPU, but |
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>>>the GPU that is overheating. |
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>>>The radeon driver has a "DynamicClocks" setting (man radeon). Do you |
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>>>have this option in your xorg.conf file? |
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>>Nope, but after setting it to 'true' (and restarting my computer) |
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>>I notice that my laptop cooling fans are on (probably about mid-speed) |
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>>*constantly*. I'm looking over, and seeing my computer idling at |
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>>0% CPU usage. Its fans are blasting cool air through it, and its running |
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>>a lot less hot. Looks like you solved the problem. Heck, it doesn't matter |
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>>if its the CPU or GPU warming up too much, the whole system is on |
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>>at full blast after KDE is started. Its AWESOME! :) |
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>>I will let you know if I have further problems. |
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>I seem to recall some kind of kernel problem with ACPI and fans not |
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>turning on....I can't remember the details though, and I didn't have |
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>this problem myself. |
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>Now, why setting DynamicClocks in the xorg.conf file would turn your |
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>fans on, I cannot possibly comprehend!!! |
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Heres the bad news.. I turned my laptop on today, and the fans didn't |
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come on like |
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they did before, and within five minutes and 1 compile, the laptop was off. |
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>But, I'm glad it's working. |
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>>I do, but the directory "structure(?)" ends at thermal_zone. There |
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>>is nothing in it. |
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>Interesting...maybe we should double check your ACPI configuration |
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>options. I have: |
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>carcharias linux # grep ^CONFIG.*ACPI /usr/src/linux/.config |
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>CONFIG_ACPI=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0 |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y |
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>CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y |
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I get: |
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CONFIG_ACPI=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_HOTKEY=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0 |
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CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y |
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CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y |
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CONFIG_PNPACPI=y |
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>And during bootup, I get the following in /var/log/messages: |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP0] (on-line) |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent) |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling |
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>states) |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling |
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>states) |
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>Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (52 C) |
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>Do you get anything similar? |
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Here is my boot log, Im sorry its so long, I dont know what we are |
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looking for. |
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[OT] No, I didn't name my computer after an aspect of Longhorn. I like |
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King Arthur. Plus, its a cool name. ;) [/OT] |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: RSDP (v000 |
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PTLTD ) @ 0x000f6b40 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 0x06040000 LTP |
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0x00000000) @ 0x1bf75dd2 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: FADT (v001 TOSCPL Chinook 0x06040000 ATI |
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0x00000003) @ 0x1bf7af24 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: MADT (v001 PTLTD APIC 0x06040000 LTP |
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0x00000000) @ 0x1bf7af98 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef CpuPm 0x00003000 INTL |
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0x20030224) @ 0x1bf75e02 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: DSDT (v001 TOSCPL SB200 0x06040000 MSFT |
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0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x8008 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1]) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1]) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] |
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gsi_base[0]) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 |
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high edge) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 21 |
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low level) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: IRQ0 used by override. |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: IRQ2 used by override. |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: bus type pci registered |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050408 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Interpreter enabled |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] segment is 0 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 10 11) *0, |
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disabled. |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 10 11) *0, |
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disabled. |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK2] (IRQs 10 11) *0, |
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disabled. |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] (IRQs 10 11) *0, |
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disabled. |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 6) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table |
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[\_SB_.PCI0.P2P_._PRT] |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table |
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[\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT] |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon pnp: PnP ACPI init |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:05.0[A] -> GSI 16 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 16 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: |
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no post: no) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1]) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1]) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states) |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:05.0[A] -> GSI 16 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 16 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.6[B] -> GSI 17 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 17 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> GSI 19 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 18 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.1[A] -> GSI 16 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 16 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 16 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 16 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 16 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.2[A] -> GSI 19 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 18 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.0[A] -> GSI 19 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 18 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.1[A] -> GSI 19 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 18 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.5[B] -> GSI 17 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 17 |
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Jul 12 16:45:03 Avalon ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 18 |
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(level, low) -> IRQ 19 |
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>-Richard |
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Thanks! |
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Ian |
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Thanks a lot guys/gals! (Ill be politically correct) |
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Ian |