Is /etc/rc.modules the official, supported way in Fedora to get kernel modules inserted at boot time and *before* startup scripts are executed? rc.local is run too late for this particular need. Thanks. On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Satish Balay wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Ross M Karchner wrote: > > > > > Hello- > > > > > > Can anybody recommend any laptops that work well with FC1? By "works > > > well" I guess I mean that things like power management, sleep/awake with > > > the closing of the lid, and (if present) video acceleration are all well > > > supported . > > > > IBM ThinkPad T40/T41 (perhasp the R series as well - avoid R40e - no APM) > > > > I currently use a T40 - which is Pentium-M 1.6GHz. Default APM works > > with suspend/resume. The kernel modeule speedstep-centrino with > > 'cpudyn' (external) package gives CPU-Frequency scaling. The graphics > > card is ATI mobile Radeon 9000 - which is supported (including 3d) by > > the default XFree86 pakage. And I've installed madwifi driver > > (external) for IBM a/b wireless card. > > > > Satish > > Cool! Must try this on my T-41. Is there anything to put in > /etc/modules.conf so that speedstep-centrino will get loaded automatically > when cpudynd starts? > > Any other useful hints for increasing battery life? > > TIA. > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
