Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [acpi]

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification provides an open standard for device configuration and power management by the operating system.

37 questions
2
votes
2 answers

Problem loading cpufreq module

I'd like to install cpufreq modules on my server . I tried sudo modprobe acpi-cpufreq but got the error FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.18-238.12.1.el5xen/kernel/arch/x86_64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): No such…
kashyapa
  • 337
  • 4
  • 17
2
votes
2 answers

Disable ACPI to fix BUG: soft lockup

I am having some trouble with the server that gives me random errors like this: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 60s! [events/0:38] And the it hangs up until I reboot it. I heard something about disabling ACPI but I don't know how that will affect…
Alexandru Trandafir Catalin
  • 363
  • 1
  • 3
  • 14
2
votes
1 answer

Is Ondemand Governor enabled in current HPC clusters?

Will enabling Ondemand GOvernor on HPC cluster help save power ? Are sleep states (C-states) enabled in HPC platforms ? If not, what is the reason behind this ?
kashyapa
  • 337
  • 4
  • 17
2
votes
2 answers

Hibernate a CentOS server when inactive

I'm trying to get a CentOS 5.4 server to hibernate when the system has been inactive for a while. By inactive I mean there are no incoming network connections. I can get the system to hibernate and also make it wake-up over the network. What I need…
Marnix van Valen
  • 193
  • 1
  • 4
  • 13
1
vote
0 answers

ACPI Error: AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Index (0x000000006) is beyond end of object (length 0x6) (20181213/exoparg2-396)

I'm strugglin to install any linux distro in a new Samsung Odyssey machine (NP800G5H-XT2BR) with success. After installation of any distro (ubuntu, fedora, debian), the computer: Freezes on Login screen It Boots but dont start any graphical…
Nakamoto
  • 111
  • 2
1
vote
1 answer

Source for ACPI Power State: soft-off

We suffer from unpredictable server shutdowns (Fujitsu, 2k8 R2). The only unusual message in the logs are: 2018/06/29 13:14:13 [03006A] ACPI Power State: soft-off (S5 - by override) (INFO) CSS: no sometimes 50 in a row, every 20-30 sec. These…
Thomas P
  • 51
  • 1
  • 9
1
vote
0 answers

VIA south bridge puts CPU to sleep, disables timer and ethernet interrupts

I have two VIA NAB-7410 boards with 4x Intel 82541GI gigabit adapters. On both boards, Linux occasionally stops responding to Ethernet frames. The problem goes away when another interrupt is triggered, either by USB or RS232. The boards are running…
peb
  • 31
  • 6
1
vote
0 answers

virsh shutdown not working on linux guest

Solution to this issue is usually installing acpi on the guest vm and making sure the vm has the following: I have that, and still the virsh shutdown is not working. When I have the VM console opened…
GreenTeaTech
  • 231
  • 1
  • 3
  • 7
1
vote
1 answer

Quad Core but Single Core on task manager

ACPI Multiprocessor -> Check 4 Processor shown on Device Manager -> Check 4 Processor shown on Task Manager -> Nope OS -> Windows 2003 Enterprise 32Bit Should I see four processers on the Task Manager, and if so how can I get them visible?
randadinata
  • 11
  • 2
1
vote
0 answers

Large Number of ACPI Interrupts

I'm wondering if anyone has seen this before, and could perhaps shed some light on a solution. I'm running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, fully updated in a text-only server configuration, and the kacpid and kacpi_notify processes have started to…
Justin Holewinski
  • 11
  • 2
1
vote
0 answers

How tofind the kernel driver name for the pcie controller in a running linux system booted from uefi/acpi?

I have an Ampere ARMv8 server running Ubuntu 20.04. I want to find out the kernel driver used for the PCIe controllers. How should I do? My purpose is to prove a hypothesis that for a server (which has UEFI/ACPI capability) to install official…
bruin
  • 111
  • 4
1
vote
0 answers

AER error on ROMED8-2T board with m.2 NVMe disks - plausible? How to fix it?

Recently I added two PCIe 4.0 NVMe m.2 disks to a system (AMD Epyc 7402P on a ROMED8-2T board). Since then I receive warnings telling me that there were correctable AER errors on the physical layer. Because the mainboard has only one m.2 slot of…
Apollo13
  • 73
  • 3
1
vote
1 answer

Can you force graceful shutdown of a locked Windows Server 2003?

I have a (physical) Server with Windows Server 2003 which is currently locked by the Administrator account and no one has the password. It should be straightforward to reset the password using one of the bootable tools that are available, but to use…
Guest
  • 21
  • 1
1
vote
1 answer

Which source of sensor readings are most prefered? IPMI, ACPI, or from sensor chip itself?

When monitoring systems for their temperature, and fan speeds, what source of sensor readings is most preferred? I can get all the motherboard readings from both, IPMI and directly from the Winbond sensor driver itself. I can get CPU readings from…
J. M. Becker
  • 2,471
  • 1
  • 17
  • 21
0
votes
1 answer

Constant ACPI errors in /var/log/messages on Centos 6.10

/var/log/messages is full of this, occurring every second. I can see this has been going on for at least 4 days but any older logs have been purged. Maybe it's always been like this. Jul 8 04:07:12 webbox1 kernel: ACPI Error: SMBus or IPMI write…
Codemonkey
  • 1,086
  • 4
  • 19
  • 41
1
2
3