On 00:13 Sat 08 Feb     , Brett Campbell wrote:
> hi
> 
> i've got a relative question; i don't know if it applies directly to this thread, so 
>i may start another.  basically i was wondering if anyone is using acpi management 
>with this xfree86 dpms scheme.  i've just emerged and compiled the acpi-sources, but 
>when i boot the machine and it's elevating through its runlevels, i get: 
> 
> * ACPI support has not been compiled into the kernel
> 
> i've double-checked that power management has been compiled in along with all of the 
>acpi options and its counterparts.  i was wondering if anyone else has experienced 
>this or may shed some light on the situation. thank you, 
> 
Well make sure acpi is turned on in your BIOS.If you also have apm set in
the kernel config, it may be taking conrol first, just do dmesg|grep apm
and see if its disabled.

And you need to emerge acpid to get the kernel patch.

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