Re: APM - ACPI

2001-04-21 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 05:31:06PM +0200, Gabor Zoltan Csejtey wrote: > Hi, > > Anybody used ACPI? I've got troubles using apm on a SONY VAIO F801. > The processor is AMD K6-III Stepping 4. > As far as I know ACPI or APM is an issue for the motherboard and BIOS, rather than strictly depending on

Re: Presentation

2001-04-21 Thread Daniel Payno
Hola Alexander... decías, el 12:56-21/abr/2001: > what you need (if you really need this) is to set up the framebuffer > stuff. However in my opinion this is a *very* silly thing mainly because > it sucks up those CPU cycles as if they are going out of fashion! What I > would recommend is that y

Re: APM - ACPI

2001-04-21 Thread Gabor Zoltan Csejtey
Hi, My problem with apm that if I use standby the system halts and I need to switch off and start again. Suspend seems to work. I hoped the ACPI would solve this. But I only found the pmtools from the web: http://phobos.fs.tum.de/acpi and it's not clear how to use them. There's a command pmtest t

Re: APM - ACPI

2001-04-21 Thread Alan Shutko
Gabor Zoltan Csejtey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > My problem with apm that if I use standby the system halts and I need > to switch off and start again. Suspend seems to work. I hoped the ACPI > would solve this. ACPI doesn't support suspend. It might cure standby (whatever that is),

Re: PCMCIA Support for 2.2.19 kernel

2001-04-21 Thread Eric Richardson
Walt Mankowski wrote: > > I'm confused as to how to upgrade my laptop (currently running potato > 2.2r3) from kernel 2.2.17 to 2.2.19. Which pcmcia-modules package > should I install? There are four choices: > > pcmcia-modules-2.2.19pre17 > pcmcia-modules-2.2.19pre17-compact > pcmcia-modules-2.

Re: Presentation

2001-04-21 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 08:11:56PM +0200, Daniel Payno wrote: > Hola Alexander... > > dec?as, el 12:56-21/abr/2001: > > what you need (if you really need this) is to set up the framebuffer > > stuff. However in my opinion this is a *very* silly thing mainly because > > it sucks up those CPU cycle

Re: Presentation

2001-04-21 Thread Daniel Payno
Hola Alexander... decías, el 12:56-21/abr/2001: > what you need (if you really need this) is to set up the framebuffer > stuff. However in my opinion this is a *very* silly thing mainly because > it sucks up those CPU cycles as if they are going out of fashion! What I > would recommend is that

Re: APM - ACPI

2001-04-21 Thread Gabor Zoltan Csejtey
Hi, My problem with apm that if I use standby the system halts and I need to switch off and start again. Suspend seems to work. I hoped the ACPI would solve this. But I only found the pmtools from the web: http://phobos.fs.tum.de/acpi and it's not clear how to use them. There's a command pmtest

Re: APM - ACPI

2001-04-21 Thread Alan Shutko
Gabor Zoltan Csejtey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > My problem with apm that if I use standby the system halts and I need > to switch off and start again. Suspend seems to work. I hoped the ACPI > would solve this. ACPI doesn't support suspend. It might cure standby (whatever that is),