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    SubjectRe: [ltp] Re: IBM HDAPS Someone interested?
    On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 06:50:59AM -0600, Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
    >
    > > Hi!
    > >
    > > > > I'm trying to do watch -n1 cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump, But
    > > I don't have
    > > > > ecdump. I'm with ibm-acpi 0.8
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > > I was thinking more along the lines of figure out the io port it's
    > > > using, then boot windows, set an IO breakpoint in softice, then drop
    > > > your laptop on the bed or something.
    > >
    > > It should be enough to tilt your laptop so that it parks
    > > heads... safer than
    > > dropping it.
    > >
    > > And perhaps easier solution is to locate the sensor on the
    > > mainboard, and
    > > trace where it is connected with magnifying glass (as vojtech
    > > already suggested).
    > >
    > > Pavel
    > >
    > > --
    > > 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51
    > > time=448769.1 ms
    > >
    >
    > /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump is really not providing any information about this
    > sensor. yesterday, I almost broke the laptop to see if it would generate
    > anything, but it really only outputs ACPI events...
    >
    > I shaked it, moved it 90deg and still no result, threw the lappy from like
    > 40cm to the bed and nothing was really generated. Unless it is too fast like
    > to generate it in the watch or to be seen by human eye. I dunno.
    >
    > It looks like /ecdump won't do it.

    But that doesn't mean it's not connected to the embedded controller. It
    just means the embedded controller doesn't generate any inertial events
    by itself - it may have to be polled with some specific command.

    --
    Vojtech Pavlik
    SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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