Re: APM/ACPI

Sean Middleditch (smiddle@twp.ypsilanti.mi.us)
02 Nov 2001 13:31:19 -0500


Hmm, not to point fingers or anything, but...

"The WindowsXP that came preinstalled supported it!"

I dunno, perhaps there is some proprietary protocol? Is ACPI backwards
compat with APM? I mean, if the laptop doesn't support APM, would that
mean it can't support ACPI?

Thanks again,
Sean Etc.

On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 13:34, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I don't see anything regarding ACPI. I also read that ACPI should
> > automatically take over APM if support is available. How can I tell if
> > I'm not using ACPI because it's not supported, or because it's not
> > compiled in?
>
> Red Hat shipped kernels dont include acpi. The -1% for the battery
> percentage does look like the laptop may not support much APM if any
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