On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 05:52, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 04:16, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > I've not one piece of hardware that acpi works on myself. Either MDK's > > or FreeBSD's. However did do a Linux install to a Dell laptop for a > > co-worker last week... He asked me if acpi worked so he could suspend > > it. I said yes. Showed him suspend and never told him it was apm > > *grin* > > It works fine on my laptop. For more modern laptops you *should* try > ACPI, since often their power management features depend on it. For > instance, I know someone whose laptop will only vary the speed of the > fan if ACPI is enabled, if you use APM it runs full speed all the time.
Compaq Armada's are know for two things. 1. Linux friendly. 2. A really hosed DSDT table. The only thing acpi does is stare at you. *grin*.
