From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:10:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:10:13 -0500 Received: from austin.jhcloos.com ([206.224.83.202]:8708 "HELO austin.jhcloos.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:10:06 -0500 To: "Michael D. Crawford" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM? In-Reply-To: <3A54DC87.5B861B7@goingware.com> From: "James H. Cloos Jr." In-Reply-To: "Michael D. Crawford"'s message of "Thu, 04 Jan 2001 20:26:47 +0000" Date: 04 Jan 2001 19:10:06 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael> APM gives its message first in the boot process, then later Michael> ACPI does. But ACPI says something like "APM already Michael> present, exiting", so the doc is wrong both ways you read it, Michael> or else ACPI doesn't succeed in the intended behavior to Michael> override APM. I get th eopposite behavior. If both are compiled in only ACPI works. (Only tested w/ 2.4.0-test kernels, though.) Either way you need the userspace daemon running to actually do anything. Even my notebook's key for toggling full-screen vs un-expanded display on the lcd does nothing unless apmd or acpid as applicable are running.... -JimC -- James H. Cloos, Jr. 1024D/ED7DAEA6 E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/