Dear Cliff, two weaks ago I tried the same thing with an Acer notebook. Unfortunatelly I had no time to rewrite my results into this mailing list. But, I'll do as soon as I have 2 seconds left... :-)
You need a kernel from kernel.org since the patch from sourceforge will not work with pre-patched redhad-kernels. Go to http://www.kernel.org and get the kernel 2.4.20. It's the latest stable one. Then get the acpi-patch from sourceforge for the kernel 2.4.20. Be patient, the versions must be matching! For infos how to patch a kernel see man patch. You will need to recompile your kernel. You know how to do it? If not, tell us and we will help you. In the configuratoin menu, disable apm and therefore activate acpi. Recompile your kernel and.... yeah, your fan powers down and your notebook runs cool! Kind regards, Arthur On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 16:09, Cliff Diamond wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to get ACPI (battery and suspend functions) working on my Vaio > PCG-GR290P. I'm a bit confused as to whether the kernel in Red Hat 8.0 includes ACPI > support. ACPI is certainly not working on my laptop, yet there's the Battery Charge > Monitor utility that would imply there's support in there somewhere. > > Hunting around the Net it seems I might need to rebuild the kernel with the latest > ACPI patches, but I've never done that before and don't even know if it's necessary. > > Can anyone help? > > Many thanks. > > Cliff Diamond -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
