From: "Ben Southwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > just wondering, with all this talk of apmd and acpi, which is considered the better way to go? > > any suggestions, thoughts on the matter?
As others have said, if APM works for you, stick with it. Unfortunately, most newer laptops seem to have no, or extremely limited, APM support. Mine will actually shut down cleanly if I'm running apmd and press the power button - that's all. otoh, it doesn't do a whole lot more with acpi :-)