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[Bug 578506] Re: [Kernel] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction

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From: "Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:56:21 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 578506 <578506@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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** Description changed:

- Hi,
- on upgrade to 10.04 version.
- 
- After few minuts of use apci stop to wrok (don't recognize ac/dc or
- battery, don't change lcd blacklight, etcc..) and start to flood dmes
- with this messages:
- 
+ On my notebook acer aspire 5930G on upgrade to 10.04 version, after few minutes of use apci stops working (don't recognize ac/dc or battery, don't change lcd blacklight, etc.) and start to flood dmes with this messages:
  [  767.208058] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
  [  767.208072] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] (20090903/evregion-424)
  [  767.208106] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_.GBST] (Node f7017030), AE_TIME
  [  767.208197] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_.BAT0._BST] (Node f7017120), AE_TIME
  [  767.208277] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Evaluating _BST (20090903/battery-393)
  
+ Trying to reboot (or to shutdown and restart) my pc don't want to boot!
  
- Trying to reboot (or to shutdown and restart) my pc don't want to boot! Unique solution: get out the battery and replace.
- 
- PC: notebook acer aspire 5930G
- 
- lspci
- 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
- 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
- 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
- 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
- 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
- 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
- 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
- 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
- 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
- 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
- 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
- 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
- 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
- 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
- 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
- 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
- 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
- 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
- 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
- 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] (rev a1)
- 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
- 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
- 
- 
- uname -a
- Linux luca-laptop 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
+ WORKAROUND: Get out the battery and replace.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic 2.6.32-21.32
  Regression: Yes
  Reproducible: No
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
-  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
-  /dev/snd/controlC0:  luca       5325 F.... pulseaudio
-  /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   luca       5325 F...m pulseaudio
+  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
+  /dev/snd/controlC0:  luca       5325 F.... pulseaudio
+  /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   luca       5325 F...m pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
-  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 21'
-    Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP78 HDMI'
-    Components	: 'HDA:10ec0888,1025013f,00100202 HDA:11c11040,11c10001,00100200 HDA:10de0003,10de0101,00100000'
-    Controls      : 39
-    Simple ctrls  : 21
+  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 21'
+    Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP78 HDMI'
+    Components	: 'HDA:10ec0888,1025013f,00100202 HDA:11c11040,11c10001,00100200 HDA:10de0003,10de0101,00100000'
+    Controls      : 39
+    Simple ctrls  : 21
  Date: Mon May 10 23:25:40 2010
  Frequency: Once a day.
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=96cdf22d-d1a9-4285-818c-c7751f7b8bd4
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 5930
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=eb29c17b-d483-46a9-853c-0236d0829819 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:en_GB:en
-  LANG=it_IT.utf8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:en_GB:en
+  LANG=it_IT.utf8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
  SourcePackage: linux
  WpaSupplicantLog:
-  
+ 
  dmi.bios.date: 08/01/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: V1.19
  dmi.board.name: Eiger
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Rev
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.19:bd08/01/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire5930:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnEiger:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 5930
  dmi.product.version: 0100
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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Title:
  [Kernel] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On my notebook acer aspire 5930G on upgrade to 10.04 version, after few minutes of use apci stops working (don't recognize ac/dc or battery, don't change lcd blacklight, etc.) and start to flood dmes with this messages:
  [  767.208058] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
  [  767.208072] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] (20090903/evregion-424)
  [  767.208106] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_.GBST] (Node f7017030), AE_TIME
  [  767.208197] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_.BAT0._BST] (Node f7017120), AE_TIME
  [  767.208277] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Evaluating _BST (20090903/battery-393)

  Trying to reboot (or to shutdown and restart) my pc don't want to
  boot!

  WORKAROUND: Get out the battery and replace.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic 2.6.32-21.32
  Regression: Yes
  Reproducible: No
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  luca       5325 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   luca       5325 F...m pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 21'
     Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP78 HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0888,1025013f,00100202 HDA:11c11040,11c10001,00100200 HDA:10de0003,10de0101,00100000'
     Controls      : 39
     Simple ctrls  : 21
  Date: Mon May 10 23:25:40 2010
  Frequency: Once a day.
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=96cdf22d-d1a9-4285-818c-c7751f7b8bd4
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 5930
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=eb29c17b-d483-46a9-853c-0236d0829819 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:en_GB:en
   LANG=it_IT.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
  SourcePackage: linux
  WpaSupplicantLog:

  dmi.bios.date: 08/01/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: V1.19
  dmi.board.name: Eiger
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Rev
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.19:bd08/01/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire5930:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnEiger:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 5930
  dmi.product.version: 0100
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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