Questions[acpi](ubuntu)

I recently tried setting up a dual boot of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with windows 10 already installed on my Asus VivoBook Pro N580GD.

I have tried reinstalling multiple times but every time I get a bunch of Errors:

[  0.055631] ACPI Error: [_SB_.PCIO.RPO5.PXSX] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/dswload2-191)
[  0.055639] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20170831/psobject-252)
[  0.055614] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB_.PCIO.RP04.PXSX, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/psparse-550)
[  0.055957] ACPI Error: [_SB_.PCIO.RPO9.PXSX] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170831/dswload2-191)
[  0.055963] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20170831/psobject-252)
[  0.922265] Couidn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
[  0.92228] MODSIGN: COuldn't get UEFI db list

tpm tpm0: A TPM error (378) occured get tpm pcr allocation

genirq: Setting trigger mode 1 for irq 131 failed (intel_gpio_irq_type+0x0/0x140)

As suggested on a few websites I tried modifying the boot parameters by putting an acpi=off near the end and then I get the following errors:

Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
MODSIGN: Couldn't get UEFI db list
Gave up waiting for root file system device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
    - Check rootdelay = (did the system wait long enough?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALert! UUID=831a57-400f-4926-97eb-c55a61696e3d does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

Also, when I try running a live Ubuntu USB I can't shut down the computer without pressing the power button.

I am able to boot into the recovery mode from Grub.

Please tell me if you need any information to help me resolve the issue. I don't have much experience with Linux, so I am mostly unable to understand what's happening.

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.10. When I press my power button, my computer immediately shuts down. In Ubuntu 13.04 I got a nice menu, where I could choose what to do. It is gone now and I want it back. Here is my /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh in pastebin.

I already did

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power button-WORD 'interactive'

where WORD is hibernate, power, sleep and suspend.

Core parking is a new feature that introduced in Windows 7 to get better Battery performance .

Depending on the resource use of the operating system it may park one or multiple cores of a multi-core cpu to reduce the computer’s power consumption and thermal emissions. Once operations require more processing power, the parked cores are activated again to assist in the tasks

So my question is that is there any way i can do it on Ubuntu 12.04 " Core Parking " ?

In order for me to boot into 12.04, I have to add the parameter acpi=off in grub. Any other options as specified here do not allow me to boot into Ubuntu.

My question is simple, what does setting the parameter acpi=off actually do?

And more importantly does repeatedly booting with acpi=off damage or harm the computer in anyway?

How do I configure Wake-On-USB properly on a 10.04 or 10.10 Ubuntu (2.6.36 and higher if needed)? (Wake-on-USB is when the computer is asleep and for example a USB Keyboard event wakes up the machine!) The notebook is an Acer Aspire Timeline X 1830T. I don't know in which way the Linux Kernel supports the controllers.

There are different ways to approach this, for example /proc/acpi/wakeup... or UDEV... or something with HAL?

/proc/acpi/wakeup shows every device in S4, but I need S3.

Device S-state Status Sysfs node
P0P2 S4 *disabled
PEGP S4 *disabled
P0P1 S0 *disabled pci:0000:00:1e.0
EHC1 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1d.0
USB1 S4 *enabled
USB2 S4 *disabled
USB3 S4 *disabled
USB4 S4 *disabled
EHC2 S4 *disabled pci:0000:00:1a.0
USB5 S4 *disabled
USB6 S4 *disabled
USB7 S4 *disabled
HDEF S0 *disabled pci:0000:00:1b.0
RP01 S5 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.0
PXSX S5 *disabled pci:0000:01:00.0
RP02 S0 *disabled pci:0000:00:1c.1
PXSX S5 *disabled pci:0000:02:00.0
RP03 S0 *disabled
PXSX S5 *disabled
RP04 S0 *disabled
PXSX S5 *disabled
RP05 S0 *disabled
PXSX S5 *disabled
RP07 S0 *disabled
PXSX S5 *disabled
RP08 S0 *disabled
PXSX S5 *disabled
GLAN S0 *disabled
PEG3 S4 *disabled
PEG5 S4 *disabled
PEG6 S4 *disabled
SLPB S3 *enabled

• S4, which is Suspend-To-Disk afaik... doesn't seem to work either if I echo USB1 into the wakeup table. It just sets an S4 flag.
• can I get the USB ports in S3?

I want to make the machine wakeup from Suspend-To-Ram (S3, ACPI standard) in case a key on my external keyboard is pressed. It only wakes up if a key on the internal Laptop keyboard is pressed... from Suspend To Ram. It seems if I plug in a USB mouse, that the USB port isn't even powered. I have no BIOS option to change this.

Further specific information regarding the device:

usb-devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 13 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04d9 ProdID=1603 Rev=03.10
S: Manufacturer=
S: Product=USB Keyboard
C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=usbhid
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid

root@underwater-laptop:/# lsusb
[...]
Bus 001 Device 013: ID 04d9:1603 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[...]

If this doesn't work I have to properly explain why :( - but I think it is very hard to research this kernel internal. Any hints for good information here? I hope it's possible... I'm just looking for any solution.

edit: this, waking up on USB, works on Windows!

Thanks a lot, Marius