On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:17:55 +1200
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:13:02 +1200
> Nick Brettell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Its a (fairly new) Dell Inspiron N2800X (I think its called) P4 processor...
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> It may need acpi turned on in the kernel. I assume you have done the
> usual google searches? and the linux laptops page?
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> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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re acpi - this will entail patching the kernel as the acpi patch is still waiting for
inclusion into the marcelo(ie stable) tree OR using one from the -ac (alan cox) tree
since this patch has been included in his series for some time now.
by use i mean downloading the kernel source, appropriate patchset(s) and then patch
and build etc.
the only reason it hasn't gone into marcelo's tree yet is because of its size.
according to alan all reports have been good -> a lot of happy laptop users.
there was some discussion on the kernel list about this over the weekend.
for more info see acpi4Linux at:
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/
the ac tree is mirrored locally at:
http://www.catalyst.lkams.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.4/2.4.21/
i'd suggest using 2.4.21-rc7-ac1 would be alright as it seems to be ok.
hth
cheers
peter
