PAOLACCI Sebastien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Le Mercredi 15 Janvier 2003 21:04, Jeremy a écrit : > > On Wednesday 15 January 2003 01:40 pm, PAOLACCI Sebastien wrote: > > > Le Mercredi 15 Janvier 2003 19:23, Sascha Noyes a écrit : > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 15 January 2003 12:46 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > > > > The battery monitor on the tast bar shows a grer / black battery with > > > > > a red X over it. And when i click on setup it says > > > > > > > > > > "Your computer seems to have a parital ACPI installation probably > > > > > ACPI was enabled, but some of the sub-options were not enabled - you > > > > > need to enable at least 'AC Adaptor' and 'Control Method Battery' and > > > > > rebuild your kernel > > > > > > > > IIRC you need to install acpid in order to get full functionality (for > > > > battery monitoring, AC adaptor on/off, etc.) > > > > > > > > ?urpmi acpid? > > > > > > > > - -- > > > > Please encrypt all correspondence. > > > > PGP key available from: > > > > http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc > > > > - -- > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > iD8DBQE+JadCgzJdfX+cTW8RAt58AJ9+7KIjIVzWAaS/CeryvwoMbHSUZgCeM/PL > > > > k2ow+/5r68CD6D+s3TVuMdU= > > > > =Ho3n > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > You also (in fact you just need) to have a "working acpi" compiled with > > > your kernel to get battery monitor functionality. > > > > > > If it's the case and you still can't manage to make it work, ensure that > > > you have relevant modules loaded: > > > > > > fan 1984 0 (unused) > > > thermal 8096 0 (unused) > > > processor 10136 0 [thermal] > > > button 2732 0 (unused) > > > battery 6752 0 (unused) > > > ac 2208 0 (unused) > > > > > > All depends on your laptop manufacturer ... > > > > > > Regards, > > > Sebastien > > > > Yea.. I got the modules loaded and acpid running.. and there is a > > /proc/acpi but when i look at the various files in there.. their contents > > don't look correct.. > > It probably means that you don't have a standard ACPI implementation (like > me). In this case, you have to find the good dsdt table for your laptop (I > made one which seems correct for Compaq Presario 2800, if someone need it), > to put it in /usr/src/linux/drivers/acpi/dsdt.hex, to set in your kernel's > config file CONFIG_ACPI_TWEAKED_DSDT=y, and to recompile... > > Have a nice night ;-) > > Sebastien. > > PS: My explanations may are a bit obscure, but in fact it's not really > complicated. >
and what does akpi do ans say? -- Simon Rée [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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