There is no support for APM in kernel 766 "apm -S No APM support in kernel" How would i go about compiling APM support ? On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:19:22 +0000, James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael Scottaline wrote: > > Actually, it's working flawlessly for me on a Chembook derivative. but > > here's the catch. It's quite old and doesn't pass the BIOS test for > > acpi (older than 2001). So apm handles power management. > > FWIW: ACPI is turned off for pre-2001 BIOSes because too many of them > are too buggy. That doesn't mean a pre-2001 BIOS *will* be buggy [1]: > you can turn it back on using the acpi=force option if you want to > experiment. > > I used to do that to get my SMP box to auto-power off (APM doesn't work > in SMP mode). > > [1] Except inasmuch as every program is buggy... > -- > James Wilkinson | "What kind of music do you get here, ma'am?" > Exeter Devon UK | "Why, we get both kinds of music, Country and > E-mail address: james | Western." > @westexe.demon.co.uk | > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
