Compaq CQ61-411wm freezes on acpi event

[sithlord48]

I just install ubuntu (since kubuntu didn't want to work off live usb, possibly because of this issue). on a Compaq CQ61-411wm. and there seams to be problems with acpi on this machine, when ever the laptop is plugged in it works perfectly, if you unplug it or try to change the screen brightness the machine locks up hard (no tty;s no resiub). if you run the machine unpluged it works untill gdm starts up. im currently installing kubuntu-desktop on the machine and have replaced gdm with kdm . any ideas why this is happening? below is the lshw output of the machine of any more info is needed let me know.

Edit:it seams right before kde login that kde does something to acpi, because it freezes there too.

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
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description: Computer
width: 64 bits
capabilities: vsyscall64 vsyscall32
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 1752MiB
*-cpu
product: AMD Sempron(tm) M120
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 800MHz
capacity: 800MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc up rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt cpufreq
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RS780 Host Bridge Alternate
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Hewlett-Packard Company
vendor: Hewlett-Packard Company
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:90200000-903fffff ioport:80000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:80000000-8fffffff(prefetchable) ioport:3000(size=256) memory:90300000-9030ffff memory:90200000-902fffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 memory:90100000-901fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 90:4c:**:**:**:**
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k ip=192.168.0.123 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:90100000-9010ffff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:70000000-700fffff ioport:90000000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:26:**:**:**:**
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI latency=0 multicast=yes
resources: irq:27 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:90010000-90010fff(prefetchable) memory:90000000-9000ffff(prefetchable) memory:90020000-9002ffff(prefetchable)
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
resources: irq:22 ioport:4038(size=8) ioport:404c(size=4) ioport:4030(size=8) ioport:4048(size=4) ioport:4010(size=16) memory:90408000-904083ff
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:90407000-90407fff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:90406000-90406fff
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:90408500-904085ff
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:90405000-90405fff
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:90404000-90404fff
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:19 memory:90408400-904084ff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 3c
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:90400000-90403fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz

[Snowhog]

Re: Compaq CQ61-411wm freezes on acpi event

I'd chalk it up to one of two things:

1) Compaq BIOS (they used to be execedingly proprietary, which is why I've never liked Compaq PCs)
2) It's a Compaq (see above)

Okay. Not helpful. But it likely is a BIOS issue.

[sithlord48]

Re: Compaq CQ61-411wm freezes on acpi event

well thats is one possibility.. but i was hoping there was some other stuff i can try to get this working right.

edit: playing around w/ desktop's it apears lxde works correctly even runs unpluged or when the powerstate changes.

[sithlord48]

Re: Compaq CQ61-411wm freezes on acpi event

this is NOT a bios issue the machine works correctly with acpi events in debian (lenny) and dream linux (lenny based). this seams to be a *buntu related issue since it works on two other debian based distros.

UPDATE: the packages for debian work and i now know why, there is an issue using the firmware provided from ati as a binary blob. (debian by default does not install non free stuff.) i found this out while trying to get proper video support in order to enable desktop effects. i had installed the package thinking oh well it needs at least the firmware? and the boot after that it locked up just as ever ububnutu distro i tried did. so i removed the package and it worked again. im not sure if this is a bug that can be fixed since its in a binary blob. (and prolly does also have something to do w/ the custom bios hp/compaq uses on the video card).

Another Update: Maverick works perfectly out of the box, acpi, video and all !