On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 11:22:10PM +0000, Christian Rishøj wrote:
> Using apmd on my laptop (Acernote 350) I can see if I am on-line (AC) or
> running batterypowered - but I am not able to get any info on the
> current charge. I heard that apmd needed to "feel" the battery fully
> charged and empty before being able to give info on the charge. I
> believe I've been through these situations. Also, I did compile my
> kernel (2.2.14) with APM-suppport.
> Any clues of what I could try?
I just can tell you that I have the same problem with my Acernote Light 350
PCX: apm only shows me "AC on-line" or "AC off-line", but gives no
information about the battery load (this is with potato and 2.2.14 as well).
My guess is that it is a problem with Acer's BIOS not being completely
compatible with APM.
Another feature I miss is suspend-to-disk. My laptop has a replaced hard
disk, and obviously the BIOS doesn't support the suspend feature with this
disk (it doesn't work with Win95 or DOS either).
I did try the swsusp kernel patch, but didn't get it working yet: suspend
would save the RAM contents to disk, and on rebooting they would get
reloaded by init, but then suddenly the system reboots instead of getting
back to the saved state. Any experiences here ?
Gregor
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