My mac mini from 2011, sometimes has troubles waking up, so that I need to cold boot it. It might have to do with ACPI as dmesg shows a couple o errors in these matters:
❯ dmesg | grep -i acpi
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000008ad11000-0x000000008ad52fff] ACPI NVS
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000008ad67000-0x000000008ad8efff] ACPI data
[ 0.000000] efi: ACPI=0x8ad8e000 ACPI 2.0=0x8ad8e014 SMBIOS=0x8ad19000
[ 0.021286] ACPI: Early table checksum verification disabled
[ 0.021290] ACPI: RSDP 0x000000008AD8E014 000024 (v02 APPLE )
[ 0.021293] ACPI: XSDT 0x000000008AD8E1C0 0000BC (v01 APPLE Apple00 00000000 01000013)
[ 0.021299] ACPI: FACP 0x000000008AD8C000 0000F4 (v04 APPLE Apple00 00000000 Loki 0000005F)
[ 0.021304] ACPI: DSDT 0x000000008AD82000 0045D1 (v03 APPLE Macmini 00060001 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021307] ACPI: FACS 0x000000008AD1C000 000040
[ 0.021310] ACPI: FACS 0x000000008AD1C000 000040
[ 0.021312] ACPI: HPET 0x000000008AD8B000 000038 (v01 APPLE Apple00 00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[ 0.021315] ACPI: APIC 0x000000008AD8A000 0000BC (v02 APPLE Apple00 00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[ 0.021318] ACPI: SBST 0x000000008AD88000 000030 (v01 APPLE Apple00 00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[ 0.021321] ACPI: ECDT 0x000000008AD87000 000053 (v01 APPLE Apple00 00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[ 0.021323] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD7F000 000246 (v01 APPLE SataAhci 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021326] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD7E000 000024 (v01 APPLE SmcDppt 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021329] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD79000 000DD1 (v01 APPLE UsbPpt 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021332] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD77000 000159 (v02 APPLE IGHda 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021335] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD75000 000032 (v01 APPLE SsdtS3 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021338] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD73000 001580 (v02 APPLE SsdtIGPU 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021341] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD6F000 001EA8 (v01 APPLE TbtPEG10 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021343] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD6C000 0000B8 (v01 APPLE Sdxc 00001000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021346] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD6B000 0006EF (v01 PmRef Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021349] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD6A000 000B3D (v01 PmRef CpuPm 00003000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021352] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD69000 000315 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Tst 00003000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021355] ACPI: SSDT 0x000000008AD68000 00037A (v01 PmRef ApTst 00003000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.021358] ACPI: DMAR 0x000000008AD67000 000088 (v01 APPLE IVB 00000001 AAPL 00000001)
[ 0.021360] ACPI: MCFG 0x000000008AD89000 00003C (v01 APPLE Apple00 00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[ 0.021367] ACPI: DMI detected to setup _OSI("Darwin"): Apple hardware
[ 0.021370] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[ 0.048567] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
[ 0.048569] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[ 0.048577] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048577] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048578] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048579] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x04] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048579] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x05] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048580] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x06] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048580] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x07] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048581] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x08] high edge lint[0x1])
[ 0.048595] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[ 0.048596] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
[ 0.048597] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[ 0.048598] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[ 0.048600] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[ 0.048602] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000
[ 0.099565] ACPI: Core revision 20200717
[ 0.153756] PM: Registering ACPI NVS region [mem 0x8ad11000-0x8ad52fff] (270336 bytes)
[ 0.153756] ACPI: bus type PCI registered
[ 0.153756] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Disabled all _OSI OS vendors
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Dell-Video)
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio)
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-HPI-Hybrid-Graphics)
[ 0.156994] ACPI: Added _OSI(Darwin)
[ 0.167184] ACPI: 13 ACPI AML tables successfully acquired and loaded
[ 0.167931] ACPI: EC: EC started
[ 0.167932] ACPI: EC: interrupt blocked
[ 0.168927] ACPI: EC: EC_CMD/EC_SC=0x66, EC_DATA=0x62
[ 0.168928] ACPI: EC: Boot ECDT EC used to handle transactions
[ 0.169193] ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Darwin) query honored via DMI
[ 0.169753] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.169991] ACPI Error: Needed type [Reference], found [Integer] 00000000d2d965ce (20200717/exresop-66)
[ 0.170001] ACPI Error: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for [Store] (20200717/dswexec-431)
[ 0.170007] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_PR.CPU0._PDC due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20200717/psparse-529)
[ 0.170382] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[ 0.170389] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF92F9E59F8C00 0003A4 (v01 PmRef ApIst 00003000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.171261] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[ 0.171266] ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF92F9E5076E00 000119 (v01 PmRef ApCst 00003000 INTL 20100915)
[ 0.173020] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[ 0.173020] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
[ 0.173020] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[ 0.173020] PCI: MMCONFIG at [mem 0xe0000000-0xe9afffff] reserved in ACPI motherboard resources
[ 0.173020] PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug
[ 0.173020] ACPI: Enabled 7 GPEs in block 00 to 3F
[ 0.181714] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])
[ 0.181720] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS assumes control of [PCIeHotplug SHPCHotplug AER PCIeCapability LTR DPC]
[ 0.181734] acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-9a] only partially covers this bridge
[ 0.189801] acpiphp: Slot [1] registered
[ 0.190958] acpiphp: Slot [1-1] registered
[ 0.191000] acpiphp: Slot [2-1] registered
[ 0.191039] acpiphp: Slot [3-1] registered
[ 0.191078] acpiphp: Slot [4-1] registered
[ 0.191118] acpiphp: Slot [5-1] registered
[ 0.193058] acpiphp: Slot [1-2] registered
[ 0.198304] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198380] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198454] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198528] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198601] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198675] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198748] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198822] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.198956] ACPI: EC: interrupt unblocked
[ 0.198956] ACPI: EC: event unblocked
[ 0.198956] ACPI: EC: EC_CMD/EC_SC=0x66, EC_DATA=0x62
[ 0.198956] ACPI: EC: GPE=0x17
[ 0.198956] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC__: Boot ECDT EC initialization complete
[ 0.198956] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC__: EC: Used to handle transactions and events
[ 0.198959] ACPI: bus type USB registered
[ 0.199848] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[ 0.219298] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 0.220187] system 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0103 PNP0c01 (active)
[ 0.220240] system 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.220261] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[ 0.220294] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs APP000b (active)
[ 0.220524] system 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.220736] system 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
[ 0.220744] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 6 devices
[ 0.226567] clocksource: acpi_pm: mask: 0xffffff max_cycles: 0xffffff, max_idle_ns: 2085701024 ns
[ 0.395040] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 0.395085] ACPI: Sleep Button [SLPB]
[ 0.403093] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 0.430893] acpi device:0e: hash matches
[ 8.230650] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000400-0x000000000000047F (\PMIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230656] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 8.230659] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000540-0x000000000000054F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230662] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 8.230663] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000530-0x000000000000053F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230666] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 8.230667] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230670] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 8.927229] ACPI: Video Device [IGPU] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
There are two areas of interest her (I think):
[ 0.169753] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.169991] ACPI Error: Needed type [Reference], found [Integer] 00000000d2d965ce (20200717/exresop-66)
[ 0.170001] ACPI Error: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for [Store] (20200717/dswexec-431)
[ 0.170007] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_PR.CPU0._PDC due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20200717/psparse-529)
and
[ 8.230650] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000400-0x000000000000047F (\PMIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230656] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 8.230659] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000540-0x000000000000054F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230662] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 8.230663] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000530-0x000000000000053F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230666] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 8.230667] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20200717/utaddress-204)
[ 8.230670] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
Anyone can tell me, what should be done about these?
Upon booting from EFI, there is also some console output, that rapidly goes away, this might shed light on something, however, I cannot read what is written there and I cannot take a picture of it, as it goes away too quickly. Can I access this info anywhere?