Re: acpi

2003-08-20 Thread HoytDuff
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 09:52 pm, David Hart wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 21:38, Bill Johnson wrote: > > I have tried to get acpi working with absolutely no success. I'm using > > RH8, though, and I am an idiot when it comes to things like compiling the > > ker

Re: acpi

2003-08-20 Thread Bill Johnson
on Dixon wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 22:00, Bill Johnson wrote: > > > > > > I don't recall asking anybody to _do_it_for_me_. What I asked for was > > documentation. I said I was a novice at acpi as it applies to linux, but > > I assure you, I'm N

Re: acpi

2003-08-20 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 22:00, Bill Johnson wrote: > > > I don't recall asking anybody to _do_it_for_me_. What I asked for was > documentation. I said I was a novice at acpi as it applies to linux, but > I assure you, I'm NOT a novice with computers. I have 25 yea

Re: acpi

2003-08-20 Thread Bill Johnson
I don't recall asking anybody to _do_it_for_me_. What I asked for was documentation. I said I was a novice at acpi as it applies to linux, but I assure you, I'm NOT a novice with computers. I have 25 years experience in every level of this industry, and have been working some with

Re: acpi

2003-08-20 Thread David Hart
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 21:38, Bill Johnson wrote: > I have tried to get acpi working with absolutely no success. I'm using > RH8, though, and I am an idiot when it comes to things like compiling the > kernel. Do you have, or have access to, step by step instructions for > mak

Re: acpi

2003-08-20 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 21:38, Bill Johnson wrote: > I have tried to get acpi working with absolutely no success. I'm using > RH8, though, and I am an idiot when it comes to things like compiling the > kernel. Do you have, or have access to, step by step instructions for > mak

Re: acpi

2003-08-20 Thread Bill Johnson
I have tried to get acpi working with absolutely no success. I'm using RH8, though, and I am an idiot when it comes to things like compiling the kernel. Do you have, or have access to, step by step instructions for making this work? I haven't searched for documentation for a few mo

Re: acpi

2003-08-19 Thread Samuel Flory
David Hart wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 17:57, Brian wrote: How do i install acpi on Redhat 9? You need to custom compile the kernel. It works quite well BTW but cannot coexist with APM (whichever first occurs gets loaded). FWIW, I had better results with 2.4.21. If you want APCI

Re: acpi

2003-08-19 Thread David Hart
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 17:57, Brian wrote: > How do i install acpi on Redhat 9? You need to custom compile the kernel. It works quite well BTW but cannot coexist with APM (whichever first occurs gets loaded). FWIW, I had better results with 2.4.21. -- Total Quality Management

acpi

2003-08-19 Thread Brian
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Re: Problems compiling kernel with acpi

2003-08-03 Thread David Hart
On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 15:21, Vivek Shankar wrote: > I'm following instructions from http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/acpi.html > > when i run make bzImage i get this: > Are you starting with your current config and just adding ACPI? You need to make sure that works before y

Problems compiling kernel with acpi

2003-08-03 Thread Vivek Shankar
I'm following instructions from http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/acpi.html when i run make bzImage i get this: /usr/src/linux-2.4-acpi/include/asm/processor.h:267:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition base.c: In function `is_devfsd_or_child': base.c:1417: struct

Re: ACPI is RH9 stock kernel

2003-08-03 Thread Gerry Doris
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Frederic Herman wrote: > David Hart wrote: > > >On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 08:05, Vivek Shankar wrote: > > > > > >>Hello list, > >> > >>Is ACPI enabled in the stock kernel? acpid is running but i dont see > >>/p

Re: ACPI is RH9 stock kernel

2003-08-03 Thread Frederic Herman
David Hart wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 08:05, Vivek Shankar wrote: Hello list, Is ACPI enabled in the stock kernel? acpid is running but i dont see /proc/acpi. Any other advice on getting to soft-off my machine? Thanks. It is NOT but is easy to compile in. According to the Kernel docs

Re: ACPI is RH9 stock kernel

2003-08-03 Thread David Hart
On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 08:05, Vivek Shankar wrote: > Hello list, > > Is ACPI enabled in the stock kernel? acpid is running but i dont see > /proc/acpi. Any other advice on getting to soft-off my machine? Thanks. > It is NOT but is easy to compile in. According to the Kernel docs,

Re: ACPI is RH9 stock kernel

2003-08-03 Thread HoytDuff
On Sunday 03 August 2003 09:00 am, Frederic Herman wrote: > Vivek Shankar wrote: > >Is ACPI enabled in the stock kernel? acpid is running but i dont see > >/proc/acpi. Any other advice on getting to soft-off my machine? Thanks. > My guess is that it's not. Anyone kn

Re: ACPI is RH9 stock kernel

2003-08-03 Thread Frederic Herman
Vivek Shankar wrote: Hello list, Is ACPI enabled in the stock kernel? acpid is running but i dont see /proc/acpi. Any other advice on getting to soft-off my machine? Thanks. TIA, vivek My guess is that it's not. Anyone know for sure? Fred -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe m

ACPI is RH9 stock kernel

2003-08-03 Thread Vivek Shankar
Hello list, Is ACPI enabled in the stock kernel? acpid is running but i dont see /proc/acpi. Any other advice on getting to soft-off my machine? Thanks. TIA, vivek -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: RH 8.0 and ACPI monitors

2003-03-27 Thread Edward Dekkers
> I'm running RH 8.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-303 (with the > out-of-the-box Linux kernel). The laptop uses ACPI power > management scheme. Yet when I try to build docs apps to monitor power, > they give me messages that ACPI is not supported. In poking around on > the

RH 8.0 and ACPI monitors

2003-03-27 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Folks, I'm running RH 8.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-303 (with the out-of-the-box Linux kernel). The laptop uses ACPI power management scheme. Yet when I try to build docs apps to monitor power, they give me messages that ACPI is not supported. In poking around on the web, I noticed that so

ACPI GUI

2003-03-18 Thread Kleiner Hampel
Hello, i'm searching a gui for changing the ACPI settings. Is there another solution in changing these settings instead of edit the files in /proc/acpi manually? regards, hampel -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/lis

Re: acpi support in Redhat 8

2003-03-15 Thread Kleiner Hampel
Do you have compiled the kernel?? Try this before. regards, hampel Am Fre, 2003-03-14 um 02.33 schrieb Bill Johnson: > I have a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop. Doesn't support APM, uses the new > ACPI power management. > > I got brave and downloaded the acpi patch for my kerne

acpi support in Redhat 8

2003-03-13 Thread Bill Johnson
I have a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop. Doesn't support APM, uses the new ACPI power management. I got brave and downloaded the acpi patch for my kernel (2.4.18-14) and followed the instructions to patch the kernel, then make menuconfig, then make dep. (I think those are the steps I followed...

ACPI on Laptops => final report

2003-02-26 Thread Arthur Miller
Hi folks, about two weeks ago I posted dozens of mails wanting to know how to get ACPI running on my Acer Travelmate 630. Many people helped me - thanks to all of them!!! I want to give back my experiences with ACPI. Here they are: [A] Preconditions 1. ACPI support is not compiled within the

Re: ACPI support in Gnome

2003-02-25 Thread Arthur Mueller
Hm, I'm myself not a linux expert, and, more over, am using KDE. I'm not experienced with Gnome, so I'm sorry. At least I found out the following: in order for applications to control battery status, they must be able to get the infos from the /proc/acpi directory. If you compil

Re: ACPI support in Gnome

2003-02-24 Thread Rodrigo Pereira
Arthur, This acpi tool, akpi can be used in redhat ? In gnome 1.4 there is an applet that controlls the battery status, but it doesn't work with acpi. I search in the net about an applet with acpi support on gnome 1.4 and 2.0 but didn't find out. I saw some applets in some pages tha

Re: ACPI support in Gnome

2003-02-23 Thread Arthur Mueller
Dear Rodrigo, though I've no solution perhaps I can give you a hint. Mandrake has just cool tools built into their latest release, i.e. they are the only ones offering a KDE applet monitoring battery status when acpi is activated. This applet is called kacpi. See rpmseek.net. No idea, whe

Re: ACPI on Sony Vaio Laptop

2003-02-23 Thread Arthur Mueller
h 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 y

Re: ACPI on Sony Vaio Laptop

2003-02-23 Thread Cliff Diamond
CTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 4:32 AM Subject: Re: ACPI on Sony Vaio Laptop > Dear Cliff, > > I think you need to rebuild the kernel. I have a Compaq laptop and I > had to do that. In my case I needed to rebuild 2.4.20 kernel. To > rebuild the kernel follow the

Re: ACPI on Sony Vaio Laptop

2003-02-22 Thread Rodrigo Pereira
-kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-custom-kernel-initrd.html http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-custom-kernel-bootloader.html If the ACPI option won't be available, get a acpi-patch on http://sourceforge.net/pr

ACPI on Sony Vaio Laptop

2003-02-22 Thread Cliff Diamond
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 t

ACPI support in Gnome

2003-02-19 Thread Rodrigo Pereira
Folks, I installed Red Hat 7.3 on my laptop with Gnome 1.4. My laptop has a ACPI power management, so I had to recompile the kernel. My kernel is 2.4.20 and it recognizes ACPI, but the gnome battery applet didn't. Do you know if gnome 2.0 that comes with Red Hat 8 has a battery applet

RE: APM -> ACPI support on Laptops

2003-02-11 Thread Arthur Mueller
Ah yeah. Sounds good. Well, I'm no longer using the RedHat kernel - instead I installed 2.4.20 from kernel.org. So the ACPI-patches should work. I'll keep you up to date - weather I succeed or not. Here in Germany it's going to be very very late... :-) Regards, Arthur Miller On

RE: APM -> ACPI support on Laptops

2003-02-11 Thread Lon Lentz
Everything I have ever read on power management states that the kernel will unload the ACPI stuff if it then loads APM. The other thing to get ACPI running is to turn APIC off as it conflicts. The problem with the kernel patches is you need to find an ACPI patch for the specific Redhat

RE: APM -> ACPI support on Laptops

2003-02-11 Thread Arthur Mueller
Yea, the notebook should support ACPI as it is only one week old. In a very detailed article on ACPI with Linux some geeks write that 1. you still need APM. Why, dont' ask me. But I try removing it from the kernel. 2. currently only SuSE 8.1 distributes a patched kernel with full ACPI support

Re: ACPI support for RH 8.0?

2002-11-15 Thread Ivaylo Toshev
I am using IBM A21p and i tried ACPI and my advise is: NOT PLAY WITH IT ;-) I suppose that ACPI support in Linux is still very not stable at all, so if u enable it, u may excpect strange things like no LAN, no SOUND, system hangs and many more.. Íà ïò, 2002-11-15 â 11:24, Tianran Chen çàïèñà

Re: ACPI support for RH 8.0? (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

ACPI support for RH 8.0?

2002-11-15 Thread Tianran Chen
I am using the Compaq 1700T laptop, where the ACPI support is important. After searching on the Internet for a while, I just realize that the ACPI support is not compile in to kernel. And the "acpid" that I download from SourceForge is not working neither (obviously). I wonder is there