Re: Acer TravelMate 3200 series

[Rich Townsend <rhdt-OBnUx95tOyn10jlvfTC4gA@public.gmane.org>]

Inglor wrote:
> Rich Townsend wrote:
> 
>> Inglor wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to make the battery of my laptop shown in the linux.
>>> I have tried kernel compilation with no results.
>>> The ACPI is enabled and I can see my CPU temp.
>>> My kernel is 2.6.10 and I have Mandrake 10.1. The laptop is Acer TM 
>>> 3201XMi
>>>
>>> The battery is shown under Device manager from windows as "Microsoft 
>>> Smart Battery" and "Microsoft Smart Battery Subsystem".
>>> I have found the files for the drivers in windows.. Wiil this help..?
>>>
>>> thanks.. :)
>>>
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/sbs-linux/
>>
>> The latest release of the sbs-cm package should work with the TM 3201XMi.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
> I managert to produce the patched DSDT.aml with the help of readme file.
> Now I have to patch the kernel with it.
> I noticed that there is a kernel option to use my own DSDT file (kernel 
> 2.6.10)
> Will this work or should I do the procedure descpiped into the readme 
> file (which redirects me to a gentoo forum...)

As far as I know, there is no standard functionality in 2.6.10 that 
allows custom DSDTs. So you must be using a kernel that has been 
enhanced/patched by Mandrake.

But there's no reason why the kernel option won't work. So try it out; 
if it doesn't work, then you can try the instructions in the README file.

cheers,

Rich


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