'Fn key' and ACPI on dell laptops

Mon Aug 18 20:30:22 UTC 2003

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 04:09:28PM -0400, Alan Cox 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.
> 
> Do you have the ACPI button drivers loaded ?

Sorry, I should have been clearer in my answer...

APM bios screens just can't come up with ACPI because ACPI is
specified that the OS takes care of it all.

In addition, 2.4 ACPI just doesn't do suspend to disk, regardless
of whether acpid is informed of button presses...

michaelkjohnson

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