From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastian Henschel Subject: Re: enabling ACPI on RH 8 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:20:20 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030407082019.GA13268@enigma.daemon.sh> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: "Polevoy, IgorX" Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 > /proc/acpi created (or other signs of ACPI driver is up).=20 >=20 > How do I enable it?=20 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=3Do= n" with "apm=3Doff" and "acpi=3Doff" with "acpi=3Don". - 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=3Doff". 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 --=20 ::: sebastian henschel ::: kodeaffe ::: lynx -source http://www.kodeaffe.de/shensche.pub | gpg --import --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+kTTDreHfL3pi+bQRAsVpAJ4zaegqw2O3W4+k3FtPXB9bvMaiFQCghvu4 NYUcTJYxiwg4/GtstnGruUc= =bdUa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi-- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/