As I understand it, ACPI in the kernel is incomplete. You'll have to build a kernel if APM is built in to your current kernel with ACPI support instead. Not sure what userland tools talk to ACPI in the kernel. You should be able to get basic stuff -- sleep, power, etc -- working with a 2.4.x kernel.
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:56:44AM -0600, Matthew Eastman wrote: > Thanks for the help. You were right - it uses ACPI and not APM. I'll have > to read up on how that is different and how to get it working, but at least I > know why APM doesn't work. > > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 08:11, Scott Harney wrote: > > surprisingly I can find no 'net references on this laptop. Check > > your BIOS for APM or ACPI settings (and that will tell you which your > > laptop uses. One thing you might one to try is to burn or borrow a > > knoppix CD and load it. By doing that and testing the APM from Knoppix > > you may find that APM works with that distro which at least tells you > > it's a distro-specific thing. > > > > Also, what video card is in that laptop? I have a dell inspiron 8200 > > and I need to patch the Nvidia drivers and make a change to my X config > > to get it to play nice with APM. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all."
