Problem solved. I got an email from Diego from that web site. He mentioned that my acpi=on was in the wrong place in grub.conf. It should be on the same line as the kerned parameters: kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi rhgb acpi=on thank you! ~ Troy Campano ~ On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 07:18, Troy Campano wrote: > Yes that is the page that i'm using as a guideline. > > Did you have to do anything special to get the modprobe stuff to work? > > > thanks! > > > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 03:27, Eric Sobalvarro wrote: > > Try looking at this page: > > > > http://ltswww.epfl.ch/~dsanta/resources/dell-i8500-linux > > > > This page helped me get my 8600 running properly, should haelp you with > > Acpi on your 8500. > > > > -- > > Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. > > -Samuel Johnson, April 7, 1775 > > >
