On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 09:05:50AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Michael Forstner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am new to this list and using Linux on Laptops. > > I got 7 binary CDs Debian Woody (25-Nov-2001) and installed the base > system. > > What Kernel should I choose, which supports, apm, pcmcia, sound, etc. ? > > All of the above? Really, if you've got your system running now, then > there's no great reason to change kernels. They probably all support apm, > but you'd need to add 'append="apm=on"' in /etc/lilo.conf to activate it > (check dmesg - it should show 'apm: disabled on user request' if apm is > compiled in but deactivated). sound is tricky in many cases, but should be > supported by your kernel. pcmcia is always supported, but usually requires > the pcmcia-cs package.
Can't speak for woody-packaged kernels but I'm using 2.4 kernels for potato and those come with APM modularized, rather than built in. One has to add apm in /etc/modules for it to be loaded by default. Best, Petr
