apmd doesn't log battery status

2000-01-20 Thread R. Poss
Hi, I'm using a TP310E, which works quite well, even with suspend-to-disk (hibernation mode), thanks to the "hdparm -u1 /dev/hda" trick. However, the APM bios doesn't seem to report battery status unless the power state changes (i.e. when I plug in or out the power supply), and the conseq

Re: Hibernation

1999-11-09 Thread R. Poss
Hello, I have been trying to get hibernation mode working on several different laptops of different brands (IBM, Toshiba), and unfortunately there is (apparently) no way to have it work under linux. I expect some messy APM BIOS hook into m$-win, for which I have (yet) not found any documentat

Re: Hibernation

1999-11-09 Thread R. Poss
Hello, I have been trying to get hibernation mode working on several different laptops of different brands (IBM, Toshiba), and unfortunately there is (apparently) no way to have it work under linux. I expect some messy APM BIOS hook into m$-win, for which I have (yet) not found any documentat