Hello, I've had hassles with APM, e.g. ctrl-alt-F1 being mapped to "sleep" or turn off monitor at least, and there is no way I can figure out to get the monitor to turn on again. A number of other things I didn't like about APM. So I've decided to investigate other alternatives.
As ACPI is supposed to place the OS in control of power management, I thought this can be my solution. I have compiled ACPI support into the kernel, and installed acpid. I noticed that acpid refers to some kernel patch that should be applied, is this still the case with e.g. 2.4.13? Lastly, I see acpid is set up by default to detect and log the events, and shutdown if it is a power button event. Can one do more with ACPI yet? Has anyone had success getting ACPI to do something useful? Thanks, Hugo van der Merwe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
