On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 00:10, Randy Welch wrote: ... > > If you had a modern laptop, you'd be happy to get that because it > > wouldn't happen without ACPI :-) > > > > What's classed as a modern laptop? ;-) > > I have an A22p that won't suspend with ACPI loaded up ( and I have to > load it up by hand ). And it's ACPI capable W2K uses ACPI on the machine.
The hardware vendors have announce intent to scuttle APM in favor of ACPI, and many new laptops (such as anything produced by Sony since last summer) don't have any APM support at all. IBMs still offer the option. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
