On Saturday 07 December 2002 23:32, John Miskinis wrote: > Sorry for my ignorance of ACPI, is this a replacement for APM? For > the record, I use an IBM Thinkpad 560E with debian and Redhat, and > all my power management is handled 100.00% on LINUX. I have some > problems on Windows though, I have to move my mouse around, or click > some keys, and the system takes quite a while to "come back to life". >
ACPI is a total system interface of which power management is only one piece. On many laptops made in the last year or so ACPI is required to get certain subsystems functional (Sony is a major vendor like this). > I'm hoping ACPI is indeed a replacement, as after the 2.4+ kernel, > my "APMD" daemon racks up CPU. and confuses several pre-2.4 system > monitors. > note ps/top and friends will display the info given but apm is not actually eating resources. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
