Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
With lastest acpi I had to patch the acpi_os_table_override and not the acpi_os_initialize function as it was the case before to include my own dsdt table. I've attached my dsdt.hex file for Compaq Presario 2818, it should work with all the 2800 family. All work now (even suspend on disk, but still problems with some modules at wake-up). Thank you very much for having included a functionnal acpi on mdk kernel, this is very helpfull to my laptop which was still a Windows addict, only for power management (which is most than important on laptops). Regards, Sebastien. --- osl.c 2003-02-08 20:46:00.0 +0100 +++ osl.c.new 2003-02-09 10:07:08.0 +0100 @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ #include #include "acpi_bus.h" #include "acpi.h" +#include "dsdt.hex" #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_EFI #include @@ -208,7 +209,11 @@ if (!existing_table || !new_table) return AE_BAD_PARAMETER; - *new_table = NULL; + if (strncmp(existing_table->signature,"DSDT",4)) + *new_table = NULL; + else + *new_table = (struct acpi_table_header *)AmlCode; + return AE_OK; } Le Dimanche 9 Février 2003 01:29, PAOLACCI Sebastien a écrit : > It seems that the last two kernels have lost the "acpi tweaked table" > option, so I can't use acpi anymore because of my Presario 2800 > non-standard acpi implementation (or I have to patch the kernel myself). > Could you please put back this option for next releases ? > > Regards, > > Sebastien. > > Le Samedi 8 Février 2003 17:55, Adam Williamson a écrit : > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:18, [Bug 1422] wrote: > > > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422 > > > > > >Product: kernel > > > Component: libsasl2-plug-ntlm > > >Summary: no apm support > > >Version: 2.4.21-0.pre4.4mdk > > > Platform: PC > > > OS/Version: All > > > Status: UNCONFIRMED > > > Severity: normal > > > Priority: P2 > > > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > There is no default support for APM in the kernel. As a result, applets > > > like the battery status (gnome) does not work. > > > > I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is inadequate. > > We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, to laptop > > users, to have no power management support. There really needs to be > > some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow determine if > > it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI modules loaded > > during startup; then we could institute some kind of blacklist for > > laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state of affairs is > > not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is atrocious, and users > > simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. modules. dsdt_presario_2800.bz2 Description: BZip2 compressed data
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
It seems that the last two kernels have lost the "acpi tweaked table" option, so I can't use acpi anymore because of my Presario 2800 non-standard acpi implementation (or I have to patch the kernel myself). Could you please put back this option for next releases ? Regards, Sebastien. Le Samedi 8 Février 2003 17:55, Adam Williamson a écrit : > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:18, [Bug 1422] wrote: > > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422 > > > >Product: kernel > > Component: libsasl2-plug-ntlm > >Summary: no apm support > >Version: 2.4.21-0.pre4.4mdk > > Platform: PC > > OS/Version: All > > Status: UNCONFIRMED > > Severity: normal > > Priority: P2 > > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > There is no default support for APM in the kernel. As a result, applets > > like the battery status (gnome) does not work. > > I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is inadequate. > We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, to laptop > users, to have no power management support. There really needs to be > some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow determine if > it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI modules loaded > during startup; then we could institute some kind of blacklist for > laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state of affairs is > not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is atrocious, and users > simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. modules.
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 22:55, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > I don't know - I use GNOME. GNOME behaviour is just to use whatever's > > there, so if ACPI isn't there it uses APM - that's the sensible way to > > do it, so I guess KDE would do the same. > > humm fcrozat told me that GNOME didn't do that but only KDE. Well i > guess i didn't understand what he say.. To make sure we're talking about the same thing - I'm talking about the GNOME panel applet which displays battery status. I remember when ACPI was first merged, it didn't work on my laptop. If I booted with ACPI, the applet displayed nothing. If I booted with APM, it displayed the status properly. Now ACPI works, if I boot with ACPI, I get the status. So it seems to me it uses ACPI if ACPI is enabled, or APM if ACPI is disabled. -- adamw
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 21:05, Jeremy Salch wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Saturday 08 February 2003 02:56 pm, Adam Williamson wrote: >> > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 19:33, Jeremy Salch wrote: >> > > That isn't the problem. I have all the modules loaded. It shows that I >> > > am pluged in or not BUT it can't get any usefull information. I looked >> > > at the acip files under /proc/acpi acpi can't get correct information >> > > from the pc but APM worked fine >> > >> > So you have the battery module loaded, but don't get useful battery >> > power info? Interesting, guess it's a non-compatible ACPI >> > implementation. In that case you need to add the "acpi=off" parameter to >> > lilo.conf, then you'll get APM. >> >> If I set that parameter in lilo will KDE be able to use APM instead of ACPI ? >> It seems that kde3.1 uses ACPI by default i guess it should detect it or if not i will patch it but well we are far at this time of patching user applications. > I don't know - I use GNOME. GNOME behaviour is just to use whatever's > there, so if ACPI isn't there it uses APM - that's the sensible way to > do it, so I guess KDE would do the same. humm fcrozat told me that GNOME didn't do that but only KDE. Well i guess i didn't understand what he say..
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 21:05, Jeremy Salch wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 08 February 2003 02:56 pm, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 19:33, Jeremy Salch wrote: > > > That isn't the problem. I have all the modules loaded. It shows that I > > > am pluged in or not BUT it can't get any usefull information. I looked > > > at the acip files under /proc/acpi acpi can't get correct information > > > from the pc but APM worked fine > > > > So you have the battery module loaded, but don't get useful battery > > power info? Interesting, guess it's a non-compatible ACPI > > implementation. In that case you need to add the "acpi=off" parameter to > > lilo.conf, then you'll get APM. > > If I set that parameter in lilo will KDE be able to use APM instead of ACPI ? > It seems that kde3.1 uses ACPI by default I don't know - I use GNOME. GNOME behaviour is just to use whatever's there, so if ACPI isn't there it uses APM - that's the sensible way to do it, so I guess KDE would do the same. -- adamw
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 21:18, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > That's not what I'm talking about, I just mean basic stuff like battery > > levels (which you don't get with the current ACPI implementation unless > > you *manually* get the ac and battery modules loaded). Does swsuspend > > manually yes at this time this is something i am working on, but i get > some more important stuff fo now. But for sure at final release you > will not have to do manually. > > > apply to suspend-to-RAM? I thought it was just suspend-to-HD. > > suspend-to-HD, why does it make a difference to you ? Yeah, I just use suspend-to-RAM because it's simpler. -- adamw
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
Michael Scherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Dell Inspiron 8200 P4 Nvidia video... what all info do you need / >> want about the system ? > > I think this laptop is not compatible with acpi. > A friend of mine have it, and still run with APM. > > Well, this may have changed since last month, of course ;) humm in that case it would be better to use acpi=off at boot time to get back apm support.
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
> Dell Inspiron 8200 P4 Nvidia video... what all info do you need / > want about the system ? I think this laptop is not compatible with acpi. A friend of mine have it, and still run with APM. Well, this may have changed since last month, of course ;) -- Michaël Scherer
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 February 2003 03:23 pm, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Saturday 08 February 2003 02:39 pm, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > >> Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > it can tell there batteries are there.. and that it is pluged in or > >> > not.. but all the informational data is wrong or N/A > >> > >> so let's try, what kind of laptop ? > > > > Dell Inspiron 8200 P4 Nvidia video... what all info do you need / > > want about the system ? > > according to acpi ml's there is problem with acpi and theses laptop > when running a old BIOS. What kind of BIOS you know ? Hmm I am running the Newest version of the BIOS. That could be a problem. Should I try to downgrade the BIOS ? The bios that came with the system didn't work either with ACPI, it had the same effect. Do the the acpi ml's say which BIOS version it works with ? - -- http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RXcGsKWd3vub6wURAghvAJ9CP6PIfAxJTmx1v+0EPF6pcR9negCfVpnc GFnz7ThlurWPlriktbqQ8K0= =9FZb -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 08 February 2003 02:39 pm, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: >> Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > it can tell there batteries are there.. and that it is pluged in or >> > not.. but all the informational data is wrong or N/A >> >> so let's try, what kind of laptop ? > > Dell Inspiron 8200 P4 Nvidia video... what all info do you need / want > about the system ? according to acpi ml's there is problem with acpi and theses laptop when running a old BIOS. What kind of BIOS you know ?
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's not what I'm talking about, I just mean basic stuff like battery > levels (which you don't get with the current ACPI implementation unless > you *manually* get the ac and battery modules loaded). Does swsuspend manually yes at this time this is something i am working on, but i get some more important stuff fo now. But for sure at final release you will not have to do manually. > apply to suspend-to-RAM? I thought it was just suspend-to-HD. suspend-to-HD, why does it make a difference to you ?
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 February 2003 02:56 pm, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 19:33, Jeremy Salch wrote: > > That isn't the problem. I have all the modules loaded. It shows that I > > am pluged in or not BUT it can't get any usefull information. I looked > > at the acip files under /proc/acpi acpi can't get correct information > > from the pc but APM worked fine > > So you have the battery module loaded, but don't get useful battery > power info? Interesting, guess it's a non-compatible ACPI > implementation. In that case you need to add the "acpi=off" parameter to > lilo.conf, then you'll get APM. If I set that parameter in lilo will KDE be able to use APM instead of ACPI ? It seems that kde3.1 uses ACPI by default - -- http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RXEIsKWd3vub6wURAp7wAJ9RoHY9kXeb2RODwArDSQzcE0uMfwCePxAX 7Nni5YGBhrYWy328jkMK3TI= =jUeA -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 19:33, Jeremy Salch wrote: > That isn't the problem. I have all the modules loaded. It shows that I am > pluged in or not BUT it can't get any usefull information. I looked at the > acip files under /proc/acpi acpi can't get correct information from the > pc but APM worked fine So you have the battery module loaded, but don't get useful battery power info? Interesting, guess it's a non-compatible ACPI implementation. In that case you need to add the "acpi=off" parameter to lilo.conf, then you'll get APM. -- adamw
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 19:16, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is inadequate. > > We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, to laptop > > users, to have no power management support. There really needs to be > > some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow determine if > > it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI modules loaded > > during startup; then we could institute some kind of blacklist for > > laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state of affairs is > > not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is atrocious, and users > > simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. modules. > > at this time suspend is handle with swsusp you can try to download the > swsusp script from http://swsusp.sourceforge.net/ and use it, it will > be done by the release (i hope). That's not what I'm talking about, I just mean basic stuff like battery levels (which you don't get with the current ACPI implementation unless you *manually* get the ac and battery modules loaded). Does swsuspend apply to suspend-to-RAM? I thought it was just suspend-to-HD. -- adamw
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 February 2003 02:39 pm, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > it can tell there batteries are there.. and that it is pluged in or > > not.. but all the informational data is wrong or N/A > > so let's try, what kind of laptop ? Dell Inspiron 8200 P4 Nvidia video... what all info do you need / want about the system ? - -- http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RW1PsKWd3vub6wURAvAXAJ9+51YV/YHNrN9yWP8wi+DYuucQUQCfWBbn Qj6yygK7RVlTtxDtBDsfifw= =32KY -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > it can tell there batteries are there.. and that it is pluged in or not.. > but all the informational data is wrong or N/A so let's try, what kind of laptop ?
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 February 2003 02:04 pm, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That isn't the problem. I have all the modules loaded. It shows that I > > am pluged in or not BUT it can't get any usefull information. I looked > > at the acip files under /proc/acpi acpi can't get correct information > > from the pc but APM worked fine > > what if you install the acpi- package and type acpi ? [root@pr2 salch]# acpi Battery 1: unknown, 0% Battery 2: unknown, 0% [root@pr2 salch]# it reports the same thing i see in the files under /proc/acpi it can tell there batteries are there.. and that it is pluged in or not.. but all the informational data is wrong or N/A - -- http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RWVSsKWd3vub6wURAohsAJ49/Mxf40UnaqABYoPZGKjfAtwMDQCeO+Hy YsCvO94yy3VQEP0nN7R4Fq0= =Y2oN -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
Jeremy Salch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That isn't the problem. I have all the modules loaded. It shows that I am > pluged in or not BUT it can't get any usefull information. I looked at the > acip files under /proc/acpi acpi can't get correct information from the > pc but APM worked fine what if you install the acpi- package and type acpi ?
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 February 2003 11:54 am, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 17:24, Jeremy Salch wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Saturday 08 February 2003 10:55 am, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:18, [Bug 1422] wrote: > > > > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422 > > > > > > > >Product: kernel > > > > Component: libsasl2-plug-ntlm > > > >Summary: no apm support > > > >Version: 2.4.21-0.pre4.4mdk > > > > Platform: PC > > > > OS/Version: All > > > > Status: UNCONFIRMED > > > > Severity: normal > > > > Priority: P2 > > > > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > There is no default support for APM in the kernel. As a result, > > > > applets like the battery status (gnome) does not work. > > > > > > I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is > > > inadequate. We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, > > > to laptop users, to have no power management support. There really > > > needs to be some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow > > > determine if it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI > > > modules loaded during startup; then we could institute some kind of > > > blacklist for laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state > > > of affairs is not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is > > > atrocious, and users simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. > > > modules. > > > > I Totally agree. I use a Inspiron 8200 and ACPI loads but it doesn't show > > any battery status or really anything. So i never know how much battery > > power I have left or anything. But APM worked fine > > See what I wrote. You need to load some modules to get the > functionality. For battery power monitoring, load "battery" and "ac", > then the GNOME panel applet should monitor power as normal (I dunno if > the KDE applet supports ACPI, but I guess it does). There's others that > may do things, depending on your system - button, thermal and some > others. To have them load on boot, just add the module names (nothing > else) as lines in the file /etc/modules. The *only* way I found this > out, though, was from this list - it just doesn't seem to be documented > anywhere on the net. That isn't the problem. I have all the modules loaded. It shows that I am pluged in or not BUT it can't get any usefull information. I looked at the acip files under /proc/acpi acpi can't get correct information from the pc but APM worked fine - -- http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RVt1sKWd3vub6wURAm7jAJ9siXqZ5YsE5OtbGK1/o9QZDRQYywCgha3j +MrC69M55N02WDesmZFCR7Y= =kU8r -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is inadequate. > We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, to laptop > users, to have no power management support. There really needs to be > some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow determine if > it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI modules loaded > during startup; then we could institute some kind of blacklist for > laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state of affairs is > not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is atrocious, and users > simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. modules. at this time suspend is handle with swsusp you can try to download the swsusp script from http://swsusp.sourceforge.net/ and use it, it will be done by the release (i hope).
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 17:24, Jeremy Salch wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 08 February 2003 10:55 am, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:18, [Bug 1422] wrote: > > > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422 > > > > > >Product: kernel > > > Component: libsasl2-plug-ntlm > > >Summary: no apm support > > >Version: 2.4.21-0.pre4.4mdk > > > Platform: PC > > > OS/Version: All > > > Status: UNCONFIRMED > > > Severity: normal > > > Priority: P2 > > > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > There is no default support for APM in the kernel. As a result, applets > > > like the battery status (gnome) does not work. > > > > I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is inadequate. > > We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, to laptop > > users, to have no power management support. There really needs to be > > some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow determine if > > it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI modules loaded > > during startup; then we could institute some kind of blacklist for > > laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state of affairs is > > not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is atrocious, and users > > simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. modules. > > I Totally agree. I use a Inspiron 8200 and ACPI loads but it doesn't show any > battery status or really anything. So i never know how much battery power I > have left or anything. But APM worked fine See what I wrote. You need to load some modules to get the functionality. For battery power monitoring, load "battery" and "ac", then the GNOME panel applet should monitor power as normal (I dunno if the KDE applet supports ACPI, but I guess it does). There's others that may do things, depending on your system - button, thermal and some others. To have them load on boot, just add the module names (nothing else) as lines in the file /etc/modules. The *only* way I found this out, though, was from this list - it just doesn't seem to be documented anywhere on the net. -- adamw
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 February 2003 10:55 am, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:18, [Bug 1422] wrote: > > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422 > > > >Product: kernel > > Component: libsasl2-plug-ntlm > >Summary: no apm support > >Version: 2.4.21-0.pre4.4mdk > > Platform: PC > > OS/Version: All > > Status: UNCONFIRMED > > Severity: normal > > Priority: P2 > > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > There is no default support for APM in the kernel. As a result, applets > > like the battery status (gnome) does not work. > > I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is inadequate. > We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, to laptop > users, to have no power management support. There really needs to be > some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow determine if > it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI modules loaded > during startup; then we could institute some kind of blacklist for > laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state of affairs is > not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is atrocious, and users > simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. modules. I Totally agree. I use a Inspiron 8200 and ACPI loads but it doesn't show any battery status or really anything. So i never know how much battery power I have left or anything. But APM worked fine - -- http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for pgp key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RT1gsKWd3vub6wURAkuwAJ9n1104j7RJA+8DmuIbXmhlsU853wCdEMQ+ SjHIf56cUBWnkGAtPKKkwAE= =AFK/ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1422] [kernel] New: no apm support
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:18, [Bug 1422] wrote: > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422 > >Product: kernel > Component: libsasl2-plug-ntlm >Summary: no apm support >Version: 2.4.21-0.pre4.4mdk > Platform: PC > OS/Version: All > Status: UNCONFIRMED > Severity: normal > Priority: P2 > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > There is no default support for APM in the kernel. As a result, applets like the > battery status (gnome) does not work. I think bugs like this indicate the current state of ACPI is inadequate. We don't really want to ship a distribution which appears, to laptop users, to have no power management support. There really needs to be some kind of improvement. Ideally, DrakX should somehow determine if it's running on a laptop and have the appropriate ACPI modules loaded during startup; then we could institute some kind of blacklist for laptops on which ACPI doesn't work. But the current state of affairs is not satisfactory. The documentation for ACPI is atrocious, and users simply won't know to load the ac, battery etc. modules. -- adamw
