Arthur, I had that problem with ACPI too!!! My notebook is a Compaq EVO N160. I compiled 2.4.20 kernel with the patch that you can download on the link above and it worked fine.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36832&release_id=83005 To patch the kernel, put the .diff file inside the kernel source directory and do this: # patch -p1 < acpi-20021212-2.4.20.diff After that choose the ACPI support and recompile the kernel. Now I have the following problem: I have Red Hat 7.3 and gnome installed and gnome has an applet to show battery status and so on. I tried to use it but it didnīt work. Gnome supports ACPI ? How can I see the battery status ? Do I need acpid ? Best Regards, Rodrigo. Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Arthur Mueller wrote: > > > Dear community, > > > > back to the original problem: > > - Laptop Acer TravelMate 630 latest model 1 week old > > - RedHat Linux 7.3 > > - Kernel 2.4.20 from kernel.org > > - APM compiled; ACPI left out > > - laptop supporting ACPI > > > > Lon Lentz gave me advice to recompile the kernel without ACPI but with > > APM. I did so. Here are the first (disappointing) results: > > > > [A] general > > - typing # apm -v running the machine only with batteries causes the > > same fault output # AC on-line, no system battery > > > > [B] terminal mode (without X) > > - typing # apm -s (for suspend) forces the machine to go to sleep. Fan, > > hdd and everything's powered off. The sleep-led is activated. => That's > > right. But: the system does not wake up. => Shit! > > - typing # apm -S (for standby) switches off screen and hdd, but no fan > > and no cpu. => is it right? At least, the system wakes up ;-) > > > > [C] X11-mode (graphical with KDE 3.0) > > - typing # apm -s (for suspend) tries to send the machine to sleep, but > > if fails. The computer hangs up somewhere, screen is off and nothing > > works. Waking up impossible. > > - typing # apm -S (for standby) sends the machine to standby-mode with > > the same results as in terminal mode. Waking up is also possible, but > > after that, resizing windows, drag and drop as well as possibly other > > X-features are not working. > > > > => Big Questionmark ??? Is it the kernel, is it the laptop or is it me > > who is to stupid to set up apm right? Is it possible the hardware only > > understands ACPI but not APM, what reason ever? What to do? > > Buggy BIOS? > > Some issues can be dealt with by configuring ampd in /etc/sysconfig/apmd. > > > Thanks, > > Arthur > > Good luck... > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
