'Fn key' and ACPI on dell laptops

Mon Aug 18 19:59:24 UTC 2003

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:01:23AM +0200, Alexander Volovics wrote:
> Under ACPI this is no longer possible.
> Why does using ACPI disable this functionality?

Because enabling ACPI disables APM, and ACPI isn't specified in
a way that allows that.

michaelkjohnson

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