Hello Kurt, you need to apply the latest ACPI Patch to your kernel, which you can get at http://sourceforge.net/project/ once you have applied this patch recompile your kernel with ACPI support . I am kacpi for my laptop and it works fine for me . Its tells me the CPU temp. Battery status etc . cheers suresh --- Kurt Sys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a laptop DELL 2650 and I try to get acpi to > work on Debian Linux > kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't seem to be ok. Some > things might work, > some work not. In the first place, it would be nice > if I would be able > to read how much time I have left. If I use wmacpi, > it always says that > my 'battery is critical low'. So I change to acpi in > console and the > only thing I did is: > > # acpi -bast > # battery 1: slot empty > # no support for device type: thermal > # AC Adapter 1: on-line > > If I unplug my adapter, the last line becomes > 'off-line'. As far as I > know, I should get more info at the line 'battery > 1:', but apparently, I > have not. What am I missing/doing wrong? > > > > thanks in advance, > Kurt Sys > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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