Re: enabling ACPI on RH 8

[Sebastian Henschel <shensche-1rjuZeEg9oEb1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>]

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hello...

Received at 2003-04-06 / 18:28 by Polevoy, IgorX:

> I'm trying to enable ACPI on Linux RH 80 (kernel 2.4.18-14) and to run
> acpid.
> I succeeded to re-compile and re-boot the kernel with all the
> ACPI support options selected, however there is no 
> /proc/acpi created (or other signs of ACPI driver is up). 
> 
> How do I enable it? 

dunno what redhat uses, but:

check the boot parameters of your kernel, for instance in
/etc/lilo.conf:
- look for the line which conains the "append" keyword and replace "apm=on"
with "apm=off" and "acpi=off" with "acpi=on".
- save lilo.conf and rerun lilo with "/sbin/lilo".

if you are running grub it is quite similar, look for the aforementioned
parameters and change them.
the important thing is to _not_ have "acpi=off". acpi usually overrides
apm if both are "on" (either explicitly or implicitly).

if this does not help, please send the output of "dmesg" after a fresh
reboot to the list.

> Has it anything to do with the fact that the APM support is currently
> enabled ?

well, compiling both, acpi and apm, into your kernel is usually no
problem.

hth,
 sebastian
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