[vdr] Re: No power-off after installing nvram-wakeup

[Benkesch Harry-Roy <harry-roy.benkesch@siemens.com>]

Hello Sergej,
sorry for answering a bit late,
but I tried hard to get it running the whole weekend...


> did you do any other changes rather than installing 
> nvram-wakeup? did you
> recompile your kernel and/or the kernel modules?

No I didn't

> AB> After some playing around the system found the hdd.
> 
> some playing around? what exactly was the problem?

The problem was that the system found no hdd in the BIOS.
Playing around means that I tried some different setups to get it running again.

> AB> To  be  shure  that  the  system  has the original state 
> like before i
> AB> flashed  the  bios  with  the  version  i  had  in there 
> before trying
> AB> nvram-wakeup.
> 
> one problem could be that you didn't load BIOS defaults after 
> flashing the
> bios. (every mainboard manufacturer tells you to do so)

I did that.

> 
> AB> But since the system does not switch off the power when 
> going down.
> 
> one  problem could be, if you recompiled the kernel and/or 
> kernel modules,
> that  you forgot to set the appropriate options (ACPI or APM, 
> whatever you
> use)
> 
> To  be  sure, you could boot the "rescue system" from the 
> SuSE 8.0 DVD and
> see if it turns off the system if you call
>    shutdown -h now

With the rescue system the system didn't turn off, too.

But I found the solution - 
in the BIOS one can load "Optimized Defaults"
I did that - and - with these settings the system turns power off again. :-))

> if  you  still  think,  that nvram-wakeup has written 
> something wrong into
> your nvram, you can set everything in nvram to default values by
>      selecting "Load default values" in your BIOS setup
> or completely clear it by
>      using the jumper "Clear CMOS" on your motherboard.
> In  the  latter case, the motherboard will load default 
> settings upon next
> boot.

I bought this MB because it's in the list (No. 31).
But unfortunately it doesn't work with these settings.
(Maybe another BIOS-Version ?)
If I use nvram-wakeup compiled with MB=31 to read out the settings
all (or nearly all) Values turn out with 00

So I tried the procedure with guess...
I recompiled nvram-wakeup and it reads out the right values, but...
after a reboot the Date-Value adress? is wrong
i.e.: before reboot - Date: 26 (0xD1)
	after reboot -  Date: 26 (0xD5)
and the checksum is differnt then, too.

> hope, it helps.
I hope you will do once more!

Thank you!


> c ya
>         Sergei

Harry


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