I'm guessing it was sent to you and to the list as well. Can you confirm by checking the addresses it was sent to in both case?
Fish On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 09:48, Alessandro Speranza wrote: > Hi again folks. > I've received this message twice, is there a transmission problem? > > On Fri, 3 May 2002, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > > > Do you mean the package 'acpi'? > > That's right. > > > > > > Is it related to the sourceforge.net acpi project? > > > > Yes. > > > > > > I've used the patch acpi from sourceforge.net for my kernel 2.4.17, > > > and, although limited, it recognizes battery, AC power, buttons and > > > stuff. THe thing I'm missing is an applet to monitor battery charge > > > and the battery lasts just about one and half hour with the ACPI I've > > > got. Does anyone know if this acpi package would help me anyhow? > > > > It would let you query the ACPI information on the command line, just > > like the apm command does. Not much more than that, though. > > > Hmmm. I don't know much about APM and I don't know much about ACPI > either. I've discovered aftere I bought my Compaq Presario 700 that it's > ACPI and that the ACPI developement is a bit behind. On the other hand it > works fine, apart from the battery life. Ok then, I don't really > understand what this package does. I've got acpi in /proc and all the > direvotories related to the different acpi devices (battery and what > else), but the event file is empty. SO...does anyone know how does one use > the acpi (or the acpid) package? Or do you know where I can read about > them before I install them? > > > You are probably better off with APM if your system supports it. > > I've compile APM support as modules, so I guess I can load, but my > computer is ACPI, so I don't know how that works...hmmmm I'm a bit > confused > Cheers everyone > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
