On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 13:39, D. D. Brierton wrote: > 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 Yeah.. ACPI is turned on.. Now, all you need is some scripts.. You can use mine.. which I'm sending Off-line. use them as reference. > > 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) > ===================================================================== --
