-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Volovics wrote: > I installed mandrake 9.1 rc1 on a dell inspiron i8100 laptop > using acpi. > > All entries seem to be available in /proc/acpi but a lot of things > are not working because, judging from /boot/config-2.4.21pre4-10mdk > support for 'battery', 'fan', 'processor', 'thermal' is not compiled into > the kernel.
Works for me on 9.1rc1 on an IBM 600X with the kernel from 9.1rc1: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ cat /etc/mandrake-release Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586 [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ uname -a Linux bgmilne-thinkpad.cae.co.za 2.4.21pre4-6mdk #1 Thu Feb 13 19:33:56 CET 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ /sbin/lsmod|grep battery battery 7008 0 (unused) [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ /sbin/lsmod|grep thermal thermal 8224 0 (unused) processor 10872 0 [thermal] But I have not been able to do anything useful with acpi yet. > > Is this because they still give problems on some/many laptops. > Is it worth the trouble recompiling the kernel to try it out. > Has somebody already done this for an inspiron 8100. Does it work? > > When mandrake 9.1 gold come out will the support for these items > be compiled into the kernel? Or is support for acpi still meant to > be experimental? > > By the way kernel-sources needs ncurses-devel. I can't find this > package anywhere. urpmq -p ncurses-devel Of course, this is easier: # urpmi kernel-source - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQE+XhA/rJK6UGDSBKcRAsUFAJ9YE6D24H2HldSMkiU0jOVv/Pr4EgCY05Nd 8MhBXs0qwXmjW4Q8+BK/FQ== =HQIo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
