for the record, acpi=off at boot time will disable acpi, but the apm stuff isn't enabled in the debain kernel v2.6.8
re-compiled the kernel with the following settings # ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support # # CONFIG_ACPI is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y # # APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support # CONFIG_APM=m # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y note that CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is on by default, but based on googling it should not be enabled for the libretto 1x0CT's. Still cannot get the suspend to disk to work, but at least I can unplug it from the mains cable now :)
