Re: [brlug-general] Got it to work, Thanks

2010-12-09 Thread Clay Smith
Acpi has a lot to do with power management. It can also be used to actually
power on/off certain things on the motherboard through software keys.

On Dec 8, 2010 8:24 PM, "Hot Rod"  wrote:

Thanks Everyone,

I wrote about my wireless not working on various linux distros. I have to
boot with no acpi. I have no idea what that does, but, I am writing this
email using my laptop and ubuntu 10.10. So all is well. Thanks to everyone
who offered advice.

Jimmy


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Re: [brlug-general] Got it to work, Thanks

2010-12-09 Thread Jarred White
Thanks for following up and letting us know what worked :)

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Hot Rod  wrote:

> Thanks Everyone,
>
> I wrote about my wireless not working on various linux distros. I have to
> boot with no acpi. I have no idea what that does, but, I am writing this
> email using my laptop and ubuntu 10.10. So all is well. Thanks to everyone
> who offered advice.
>
> Jimmy
>
>
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[brlug-general] Got it to work, Thanks

2010-12-08 Thread Hot Rod
Thanks Everyone,

I wrote about my wireless not working on various linux distros. I have to boot 
with no acpi. I have no idea what that does, but, I am writing this email using 
my laptop and ubuntu 10.10. So all is well. Thanks to everyone who offered 
advice.

Jimmy



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