From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Konstantin Svist" Subject: RE: ACPI on HP ze4430us Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:53:59 -0800 Message-ID: <00ad01c4ede0$23b57bd0$0200a8c0@Home.local> References: <41D23B5A.9000409@swebpage.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41D23B5A.9000409-6MNMYbGzEYJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org I see. So is there a more solution more permanent than the hack? Does that have to do with DSDT? Konstantin > Sounds like that knoppix kernel has APM and ACPI support compiled in and > APM gets choses on your laptop even though it's not supported so you > have to tell the kernel to use ACPI explicitly. > > -Herman > > > I just tried Knoppix 3.7 on my laptop - it doesn't boot. After some > > playing around, I figured out that the problem is ACPI - it only > > boots if I specify any of the three "hacks": "acpi=off", > > "acpi=ht", and "acpi=force". The last one even powers down my > > laptop on shutdown. > > What is going on here? ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/