NASLite Network Attached Storage

ACPI functions are not working, no power button control & no power off on shutdown. These functions work under Winblows and other Linux distros but not this one. Any ideas?

If you have a pre 2K BIOS, Naslite will disable ACPI support. It should say in the syslog. You can force it by appending acpi=force in syslinux.cfg. That's what i've had to do on some older boxes, but then those things may only work in the dimension i'm in.

Ah hah! Now that makes sense! ACPI wasn't well implemented on many mbs in that timeframe so disabling it could potentially save a lot of grief. That's very helpful. Thanks!

Well, nice try but no cigar. The relevant log lines seem to be:
Dec 11 16:18:30 user.err kernel: ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP
Dec 11 16:18:30 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Dec 11 16:18:30 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled.

That last line looks ominous but what does it imply?

Make sure APM is disabled in the BIOS and turn on only ACPI. This can be flaky at times but if it's going to work at all then the place to concentrate is in the BIOS. I've had cases where when the onboard IDEs are disabled or set to none, the kernel will fail to locate the RSDP and kill ACPI support. I turn the drives on, and there you go, now we have power button support. I guess we have mr. Gates to thank for that one.

Right! I'll get into that tonight. The machine is operating headless right now so I'll have to scrounge a kb and monitor to get into the BIOS. A little googling told me the PNP O/S setting can also cause this but I'm pretty sure I got that right. I also found that some 2.4 kernels had trouble with this so Naslite-3 could be the final solution.

Okay, no joy with the BIOS, everything looked right there. I'm not inclined to add an IDE drive just to get powerdown, but just for S's and giggles I tried the Linux Rescue Live CD again (2.6.23 kernel) and a
shutdown now -h
command brought that puppy to a stone cold power off state. For now at least, Naslite-3 looks like a good bet.

That's what it seems, doesn't it?

P.

Yes. Unfortunately all kernels have bugs so the trick is picking the least offensive one for the application you're running.

That's true. After all, we are talking about a 3MB server os that is ball-bustn fast, keeps your files safe despite crappy hardware and user incompetency and on top of all that is totally easy to use. For hanging mass storage onto a lan there is no other solution that even comes close to what this thing does. Like the description ses, it's task specific ant it takes care of the task 110%.

The thing that sorta pulls my chain is when people start comparing it to a full distro and whining about why it doesn't do this or that. Use the full distro then fellas. We all know how to set a kick ass server with Debian right?

The name should clue you in tho. It's Naslite as in lightweight so take it for what it is and enjoy the performance and safety of your Naslite server. It will not let you down.

I can agree with some of your comments but I disagree with others. When it comes to adding new features we can see eye to eye. When it comes to functions that should work but don't because of an obsolete kernel that could be replaced with one that handles the functions correctly, expect to see some whining.