Suse 8.1 on Acer TM430

[Preston Lord <webmaster-xSlfl9GhdHA@public.gmane.org>]

Hi List,

I have read info in many places trying to find the answers to getting
acpi to run on my SuSE 8.1 Pro installation. Everything else works
great. I have read that SuSE 8.1 is supposed to support ACPI right off
the install.... I have the acpi package installed through yast but other
than that there is no evidence anything is working.

My lapto[p supports acpi so that should not be a problem.

I have tried acpi=on in my boot and that makes no difference.

I have tried following the steps at linux-laptop.net  for any acer
laptops close to my model and the instructions are sketchy at best.

Because the laptop works so good as is... I am hesitant to start farting
around with it... but I thought I would come to the ACPI EXPERTS and ask
the question... is there a step by step on how to take my
kernel(2.4.19-4GB), and recompile with acpi support? Am I missing
something and SuSE 8.1 really does support acpi right out of the box?

I tried SuSE support, they said "Sorry, out of the scope of free
support" LOL..

I appreciate any advise/help I can get.

Until then... I have to watch the time as my battery only lasts about
2.5 hours :)

Thanks

Preston

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