My log is flooded with ACPI Errors!

[Ahmed Kamal]

Binary package hint: acpi-support

Hi,

I take a look at /var/log/messages, and it is flooded with the errors listed below. My hardware is a toshiba A105-S361 laptop, and I am facing acpi related problems such as not being able to 'power-off' laptop after shutdown ...

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May 26 01:23:03 ubuntubox kernel: [4316548.292000] ACPI-0240: *** Error: Cannot release Mutex [MUT1], not acquired
May 26 01:23:03 ubuntubox kernel: [4316548.292000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.RDEC] (Node dffe2b20), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:23:03 ubuntubox kernel: [4316548.292000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.TZVL._TMP] (Node dffe9d80), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:23:03 ubuntubox kernel: [4316548.292000] ACPI-0240: *** Error: Cannot release Mutex [MUT1], not acquired
May 26 01:23:03 ubuntubox kernel: [4316548.292000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.RDEC] (Node dffe2b20), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:23:03 ubuntubox kernel: [4316548.292000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.TZCL._TMP] (Node dffe9d20), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:23:59 ubuntubox kernel: [4316604.917000] ACPI-0240: *** Error: Cannot release Mutex [MUT1], not acquired
May 26 01:23:59 ubuntubox kernel: [4316604.917000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.RDEC] (Node dffe2b20), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:23:59 ubuntubox kernel: [4316604.917000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.TZVL._TMP] (Node dffe9d80), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:23:59 ubuntubox kernel: [4316604.917000] ACPI-0240: *** Error: Cannot release Mutex [MUT1], not acquired
May 26 01:23:59 ubuntubox kernel: [4316604.917000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.RDEC] (Node dffe2b20), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:23:59 ubuntubox kernel: [4316604.917000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.TZCL._TMP] (Node dffe9d20), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED
May 26 01:25:37 ubuntubox kernel: [4316702.249000] ACPI-0258: *** Error: Thread 3F3 cannot release Mutex [MUT1] acquired by thread 3F2
May 26 01:25:37 ubuntubox kernel: [4316702.249000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.RDEC] (Node dffe2b20), AE_AML_NOT_OWNER
May 26 01:25:37 ubuntubox kernel: [4316702.249000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.TZVL._TMP] (Node dffe9d80), AE_AML_NOT_OWNER
May 26 01:25:37 ubuntubox kernel: [4316702.249000] ACPI-0258: *** Error: Thread 3F4 cannot release Mutex [MUT1] acquired by thread 3F2
May 26 01:25:37 ubuntubox kernel: [4316702.249000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.RDEC] (Node dffe2b20), AE_AML_NOT_OWNER
May 26 01:25:37 ubuntubox kernel: [4316702.249000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.TZCL._TMP] (Node dffe9d20), AE_AML_NOT_OWNER

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

If this bug still happen with newer ubuntu releases, please re-open it!