acpi confusion, redux
seth vidal
skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Sun Aug 10 01:06:21 UTC 2003
On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 21:03, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 20:54, seth vidal wrote:
> > So if the release notes are accurate then acpi is only on for device
> > enumeration, hence my problems. That must mean that the heat was either
> > 1. coincidental
> > 2. all in my head
> > 3. something very bizarre.
>
> no, the heat is there because your laptop requires acpi power management
> - no power management, the laptop gets hots, and the battery life is
> very short. the laptop may even suffer permanent, severe damage if it
> runs too long without power management.
>
It seems like apm is on for power mgmt.
when I cat /proc/apm it's there.
I got the part about acpi only being on for device enumeration from the
red hat release notes for severn.
-sv
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