/proc/acpi/sleep

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Sun Jul 11 14:22:27 UTC 2004


On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Globe Trotter wrote:

> --- Satish Balay <balay at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Globe Trotter wrote:
> >
> > Well - if APM works - use it instead of ACPI. Thats what I do for a
> > Thinkpad T40.
> >
> > Satish
> >
>
> Actually, it seems that FC2's kernel is not compiled with apm support.

Actually, it is, but acpi runs by default.  Add "acpi=off" to the kernel
line in /etc/grub.conf, and you'll be running apm instead.

>
> apmsleep +10:00
> apmsleep: Your kernel does not support APM.
> apmsleep: Recompile kernel with APM and /dev/rtc support

This is misleading.  It's trying, in its own awkward way, to tell you that
the apm kernel module is not loaded.

>
>
>
> Also, I think this is a good opportunity to know of acpi. So if someone can
> point me to it, that would be really very helpful!
>
> Best wishes!!
>
>
>
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		Matthew Saltzman

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