On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:15, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Actually, based on this user's experience (googled -> Linux + inspiron > 8200) > > http://jpstrand.homeip.net/user/delli8200/delli8200.html > > APM works better than acpi. Suspending works using APM compared to ACPI. Yes, I'd already seen that page. But if you notice it was last updated in May 2003. It seems that the last time he tried ACPI the 2.6 kernel hadn't even come out yet, and I know that there have been significant improvements since then. I believe that is why it is now compiled into Fedora kernels and enabled by default, and also why I wanted to give it a try. > > > It's enabled for it. but only 1 is working. Usually for FC(1 | 2) you > > > have to pass acpi=on as a kernel parameter before acpi kicks in. > > > > I think that I read that in FC2 acpi=on is the default, and that you > > actually have to specifically switch it off with acpi=off. Can someone > > confirm that? > > Hmm.. try this.. I may be wrong, see if you get anyhing under > > /proc/acpi There's lots and lots of stuff under /proc/acpi: $ ls -R /proc/acpi/ /proc/acpi/: ac_adapter battery embedded_controller fan processor alarm button event info sleep asus dsdt fadt power_resource thermal_zone /proc/acpi/ac_adapter: AC /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC: state /proc/acpi/asus: /proc/acpi/battery: BAT0 BAT1 /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0: alarm info state /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1: alarm info state /proc/acpi/button: lid power sleep /proc/acpi/button/lid: LID /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID: info state /proc/acpi/button/power: PBTN /proc/acpi/button/power/PBTN: info /proc/acpi/button/sleep: SBTN /proc/acpi/button/sleep/SBTN: info /proc/acpi/embedded_controller: /proc/acpi/fan: /proc/acpi/power_resource: PADA /proc/acpi/power_resource/PADA: state /proc/acpi/processor: CPU0 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0: info limit power throttling /proc/acpi/thermal_zone: THM /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM: cooling_mode polling_frequency state temperature trip_points I notice that there is /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state. I guess I could just try shutting the lid and seeing what happens! Best, Darren -- ===================================================================== D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) =====================================================================
