On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 04:24, James Sparenberg wrote: > 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*.
Yes. However, as per the email I was replying to, your co-worker has a Dell laptop. So how is this relevant? -- adamw
