On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Stephen Nicholas wrote:

> 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:

OK, I didn't know about it. On my Inspiron 8000 APM works reasonably
well so I din't bother.

> With this particular laptop APM seemed to be a lemon....

APM was, and probably still is, a lemon on many laptops.
Reason: tons of BIOS bugs.

Cheers,
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Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Manager
University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand

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