On Maw, 2004-02-24 at 17:09, Richard Troth wrote: > Hmmm ... > Looking again, it appears that APM is already compiled-in: > > # dmesg | grep -i apm > apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16) > apm: overridden by ACPI.
ACPI is preferred by newer distros, if you boot with acpi=off it'll then fall back to APM. For older IBM thinkpads as one example thats a good idea as you get back all the useful features.
