> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:17:55 +1200 > Nick Rout wrote: > >> It may need acpi turned on in the kernel. I assume you have done the >> usual google searches? and the linux laptops page? >
Yes, but I'm don't really know how to go about recompiling or patching the kernel... I'm still fairly new to linux, and I don't want to try it when I don't know what I'm doing. Maybe someone could give me a hand with all of this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Elliott" Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: laptop acpi Re: CLUG Clinic Meeting - Monday 30 June 2003 > 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. >
