Re:acpi and presario 700

Re:acpi and presario 700

[salva_ste-nc/lrvXPQ4s]

>I own a presario 714EA with RedHat Linux 7.3 again.
>do you have info for acpi?
>i'm a newbie (acpi is in my kernel but how to apply?)

Presario 7xx and linux acpi had began to work fine from september patches
of acpi (before you had to use the kacpid patch together with acpi). Now
just take last kernel and last acpi patch and to compile everything acpi
related, if you compile acpi as a module don't forget to load acpi modules.

acpi can control everything in this laptops but the thermal zone and fans,
I guess these features are BIOS controlled and if you want to have a complete
acpi control you have to rewrite DSDT ...

Note: if you want S3 you must use 2.5 kernels

Bye, Stefano



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Re: acpi and presario 700

[Craig Ringer]

>>i'm a newbie (acpi is in my kernel but how to apply?)

In case you missed it from the last post, you'll quite possibly need to 
patch your kernel for ACPI support since the ACPI code shipped in the 
kernel is very outdated. I don't use Red Hat, so its possible that their 
kernel includes an up-to-date ACPI - but I wouldn't bet on it.

If you have any problems, download a vanilla 2.4 kernel from your local 
kernel.org mirror and the latest ACPI patches from 
sourceforge.net/projects/acpi, apply the ACPI patches, build and install 
the kernel, then give it another try.

> Note: if you want S3 you must use 2.5 kernels

... however, you can get away with swsusp ( virtual S4 ) on a 2.4 
kernel. I'm using it on my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600, and it 
works a treat. Really nice in combination with win2k's hibernate feature 
if you have to use win2k too (eg to make the crapmodem in your laptop work).

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acpi and presario 700

[ruud]

I own a presario 714EA with RedHat Linux 7.3 again.

do you have info for acpi?

i'm a newbie    (acpi is in my kernel but how to apply?)
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