Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:13:45 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [ltp] Re: IBM HDAPS Someone interested? |
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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.
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