Cool, thanks for the tips (re: Xv etc), i'll try them out
The ACPI i'm using is a patch for the 2.4.18 kernel, in the kernel in General Setup
--> ACPI Support it gives the options:
[ ] ACPI Support
< > AC Adapter
< > Battery
< > Button
< > Fan
< > Processor
< > Thermal Zone
[ ] Debug Statements
(for which i have everythinhg selected except for debug statements).
And Debain has a package acpid, which shows eg:
steve@orion:~$ acpi
Battery 1: unknown, 100%
steve@orion:~$ echo "steve unplugs his power"
steve unplugs his power
steve@orion:~$ acpi
Battery 1: discharging, 99%, 10:02:31 remaining
steve@orion:~$
And acpi gives alot of info in /proc/acpi to do with battery and throttling the cpu
etc...
With this particular laptop APM seemed to be a lemon.... (unless i just had it set
wrong)... and the fan was always on, pumping out hot air. Whereas ACPI turns the fan
on and off accordingly. (Its really nice to sit reading stuff on screen with a
perfectly silent computer (ie: when the fan is off)).
So, yeah, just thought you might like to know about ACPI. I'd be more helpful and tell
you the url for the patch, but i dont know it. I just got it off a mate who (has the
same laptop and) already figured out what to do.
The files are called:
acpi-20020404-2.4.18.diff.gz
kacpid.patch
I'm sure google will reveal all, but if anybody wants to steal the patches off me yer
more that welcome (they're small, 425k for both).
Cheers,
Steve
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 08:51:24AM +1200, Ryurick M. Hristev wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Stephen Nicholas wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 03:10:58PM +1200, Ryurick M. Hristev wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Stephen Nicholas wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I'm using ACPI, not entirely sure how to fully hibernate (I assume you
> > mean like APM's suspend (which i have on the desktop)) with that.
>
> Laptop hibernation with Linux is very hairy at the moment.
> It is very maker/model dependent. Look e.g. at http://www.linux-laptop.net/
> and see what you can find.
>
> Suspend is one thing, hibernation is another.
>
> AFAIK ACPI is not supported by Linux, only the old APM.
>
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