Did you specify turning on ACPI as part of the bootloader configuration during intstall? If not, you can go into the /lib/modules directory, and unzip the modules and add the module names to the /etc/modules file to be loaded on startup. There is ACPI support built into the kernel...
Cory -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Volovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 5:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] acpi on dell inspiron 8100 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. 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. Alexander -- Year after year, the US has gone to elaborate lengths, spent enormous sums, taken great risks to build and keep weapons of mass destruction. But why? The only possible explanation, the only possible use it could have for those weapons, is to dominate, intimidate, or attack. (paraphrasing from empty warheads state of the union)
