On Freitag, 7. Dezember 2007, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > Could you please help me understand how I should be setting hibernation for > my laptop: > > There an new hibernate options in the new stable kernel: > > [*] Suspend to RAM and standby > [*] Hibernation (aka 'suspend to disk') > (/dev/hda1) Default resume partition > [*] ACPI Support (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support > ---> > > Now, the last option contains: > > --- ACPI Support (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support > [ ] Deprecated /proc/acpi files > [ ] Deprecated /proc/acpi/event support > > which if I deselect I end up with boot errors because the acpid no longer > finds the relevant files: > > * Starting acpid ... > acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: No such file or directory [ !! ] > > So, the question is: how is one supposed to configure hibernation under > the new setup? Is acpid deprecated altogether and should be removed, or > should I keep it and re-enable the deprecated files and event support in > the kernel. (The Docs seem to hint that it may still be of use, which > implies that the deprecated modules should be enabled.)
acpid is just not 'ready' for moving away from the deprecated files. Just select the two options - it won't hurt. And they will stay for a long, long time. -- Conclusions In a straight-up fight, the Empire squashes the Federation like a bug. Even with its numerical advantage removed, the Empire would still squash the Federation like a bug. Accept it. -Michael Wong -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
