With ACPI, klaptop does not work. Apparently the layout of the /proc info has changed, and klaptop has not been fixed yet. I'm still using APM on my Mandrake laptop because of it. > -----Original Message----- > From: rpgoldman at real-time.com [mailto:rpgoldman at real-time.com] > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 7:33 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] APM under Mandrake 9.1... > > > Munir Nassar writes: > > On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Keith wrote: > > > > > How do I install the APM on my system, and how do I use > it? Links to > > > resources work as well, as long as they're set up for a > newbie like me. > > > (never compiled or anything...literal newbie...) > > > > there should be an apm rpm which includes an apm binary, > and it is usually > > installed be default, on newer systems you may have a acpi rpm, > > > > ACPI is apm++ > > I don't believe that acpi is installed by default on 9.1. You must > also add a kernel option to get the support (look at /etc/lilo.conf: > you should find a list of alternative boot options. they'll all have > some kernel options (append=foo=on,bar=off, etc.). Make sure there's > acpi=on there.) > > R > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list