Spurious ACPI errors

dfelicia

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Running the 20.04LTS image and dmesg is clogged up with:

Code:
[ 2090.014496] ACPI Error: AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for [UserDefinedRegion] (20210331/evregion-281)

[ 2090.014606] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_TMP]

[ 2090.014623] No Arguments are initialized for method [_TMP]

[ 2090.014648] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_TZ.TZ00._TMP due to previous error (AE_ERROR) (20210331/psparse-529)

Anyone seen this? I haven't take the time, yet, to see what might be triggering the unwanted (at least by me) ACPI call.
 
Power Management Setup - ACPI, set to Disabled ACPI option,you can try this set
In the BIOS? When I pass acpi=off as a boot option the root disk isn’t found. I looked around BIOS settings and found limited things related to power. The ones I did find I set to disabled.
 
In the BIOS? When I pass acpi=off as a boot option the root disk isn’t found. I looked around BIOS settings and found limited things related to power. The ones I did find I set to disabled.
One thing you can do: (for now)
-check your BIOS project version:
https://theminixforum.com/index.php?threads/neo-z83-4u-bios-cht0c04-001.3434/
And update if necessary

Please give us more details:
-Can you boot your device (with ubuntu)?
-Can you boot your device into the recovery mode from grub?
-Are you using dual boot?
-You did a recent installation?
-What image are you using? (MINIX image)?
https://theminixforum.com/index.php?threads/neo-z83-4u-ubuntu-ubuntu-20-04-lts-image.3111/

The more information we have the better.
Also Take notes (and notify us) about your BIOS current settings.
 
Thanks for the quick reply!

One thing you can do: (for now)
-check your BIOS project version:

dmidecode -s bios-version CHT0A160

And update if necessary

How do I know if it's necessary? I run headless and don't care about HDMI. I really don't want to do this, again.

-Can you boot your device (with ubuntu)?

Yes

-Can you boot your device into the recovery mode from grub?

Yes

-Are you using dual boot?

No

-You did a recent installation?

Yes


Yes, this very one.

The more information we have the better.
Also Take notes (and notify us) about your BIOS current settings.

I should have made more clear that I see no ill effect from these error messages. I just find them annoying because my dmesg output and syslog are full of them.
 
Things you can try:
-Use UEFI mode instead of legacy mode
-To just turn off these messages, you may edit /etc/default/grub and add to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" the parameters acpi=off or noacpi acpi=strict and then run sudo update-grub2.
-install intel-microcode non-free package.

Note:
-Reference website: (i think you are facing this similar problem)
https://askubuntu.com/questions/125...error-messages-before-ubuntu-20-04-starts-nor
 
To just turn off these messages, you may edit /etc/default/grub and add to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
I already run like that, and am not worried so much about boot-time messages. What I am seeing are constant message logged to syslog, and that is irritating:

$ grep -i acpi /var/log/syslog | wc -l 74

For example:

Code:
Feb 16 10:15:44 minix systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
Feb 16 10:17:01 minix CRON[991621]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Feb 16 10:23:26 minix kernel: [152147.562592] ACPI Error: AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for [UserDefinedRegion] (20210331/evregion-281)
Feb 16 10:23:26 minix kernel: [152147.562716]
Feb 16 10:23:26 minix kernel: [152147.562731] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:23:26 minix kernel: [152147.562739]
Feb 16 10:23:26 minix kernel: [152147.562746] No Arguments are initialized for method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:23:26 minix kernel: [152147.562752]
Feb 16 10:23:26 minix kernel: [152147.562771] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.STR0._TMP due to previous error (AE_ERROR) (20210331/psparse-529)
Feb 16 10:26:28 minix kernel: [152329.413067] ACPI Error: AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for [UserDefinedRegion] (20210331/evregion-281)
Feb 16 10:26:28 minix kernel: [152329.413162]
Feb 16 10:26:28 minix kernel: [152329.413192] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:26:28 minix kernel: [152329.413198]
Feb 16 10:26:28 minix kernel: [152329.413206] No Arguments are initialized for method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:26:28 minix kernel: [152329.413212]
Feb 16 10:26:28 minix kernel: [152329.413229] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.STR0._TMP due to previous error (AE_ERROR) (20210331/psparse-529)
Feb 16 10:30:01 minix CRON[996557]: (root) CMD ([ -x /etc/init.d/anacron ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null; fi)
Feb 16 10:31:50 minix kernel: [152651.512672] ACPI Error: AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for [UserDefinedRegion] (20210331/evregion-281)
Feb 16 10:31:50 minix kernel: [152651.512772]
Feb 16 10:31:50 minix kernel: [152651.512785] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:31:50 minix kernel: [152651.512793]
Feb 16 10:31:50 minix kernel: [152651.512801] No Arguments are initialized for method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:31:50 minix kernel: [152651.512807]
Feb 16 10:31:50 minix kernel: [152651.512826] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_TZ.TZ00._TMP due to previous error (AE_ERROR) (20210331/psparse-529)
Feb 16 10:33:03 minix kernel: [152724.264347] ACPI Error: AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for [UserDefinedRegion] (20210331/evregion-281)
Feb 16 10:33:03 minix kernel: [152724.264471]
Feb 16 10:33:03 minix kernel: [152724.264485] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:33:03 minix kernel: [152724.264492]
Feb 16 10:33:03 minix kernel: [152724.264500] No Arguments are initialized for method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:33:03 minix kernel: [152724.264506]
Feb 16 10:33:03 minix kernel: [152724.264525] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.STR0._TMP due to previous error (AE_ERROR) (20210331/psparse-529)
Feb 16 10:33:07 minix systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.

Then just 8 minutes later:

Code:
Feb 16 10:36:05 minix systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
Feb 16 10:41:06 minix kernel: [153207.359984] ACPI Error: AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for [UserDefinedRegion] (20210331/evregion-281)
Feb 16 10:41:06 minix kernel: [153207.360124]
Feb 16 10:41:06 minix kernel: [153207.360139] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:41:06 minix kernel: [153207.360147]
Feb 16 10:41:06 minix kernel: [153207.360156] No Arguments are initialized for method [_TMP]
Feb 16 10:41:06 minix kernel: [153207.360163]
Feb 16 10:41:06 minix kernel: [153207.360185] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_TZ.TZ00._TMP due to previous error (AE_ERROR) (20210331/psparse-529)

And it just goes on and on like that. I see no functional impact, but it bothers me. There must be some daemon/process/thing that queries power state and triggers this, or maybe some kernel module (that I likely don't even need).

Anyway, I will mess around with BIOS settings and boot parameters when I get the chance. I already have the latest intel-microcode installed.
 
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