2.6.11-rc1 problem with battery state (AE_ALREADY_EXISTS)

[Sebastian]

hi,

i reported this error some time ago, without any reply...
i'm running 2.6.11-rc1 now on an acer travelmate 291lci laptop.

[admin@laptop]$ while [ 1 ]; do cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state &&
sleep 1; done
present:                 yes     
capacity state:          ok      
charging state:          charged 
present rate:            0 mA    
remaining capacity:      4000 mAh
present voltage:         16647 mV
present:                 yes     
capacity state:          ok      
charging state:          charged 
present rate:            0 mA    
remaining capacity:      4000 mAh
present voltage:         16645 mV
present:                 yes     
capacity state:          ok      
charging state:          charged 
present rate:            0 mA    
remaining capacity:      4000 mAh
present voltage:         16645 mV
 dswload-0294: *** Error: Looking up [PBST] in namespace,
AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
 psparse-0601 [915] ps_parse_loop         : During name lookup/catalog,
AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
 psparse-1138: *** Error: Method execution failed
[\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.BAT1._BST] (Node defc21e8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
acpi_battery-0208 [908] acpi_battery_get_statu: Error evaluating _BST
present:                 yes     
ERROR: Unable to read battery status
present:                 yes     
capacity state:          ok      
charging state:          charged 
present rate:            0 mA    
remaining capacity:      4000 mAh
present voltage:         16647 mV
     osl-0958 [992] os_wait_semaphore     : Failed to acquire
semaphore[c172c5a0|1|0], AE_TIME 
present:                 yes     
capacity state:          ok      
charging state:          charged 
present rate:            0 mA    
remaining capacity:      4000 mAh
present voltage:         16647 mV



thanks, sebastian
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