Re: APM - ACPI

[Gabor Zoltan Csejtey <Gabor.Csejtey@idi.ntnu.no>]

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 to test power management... 


I'm using the Linux 2.4.3 kernel which can mount Win ME partitions
and the maestro3 module is working with the sound chip (Maestro 3i). 

Gabor
PS.
There's another issue with XFree86 4.0.2. Sometimes it just halts.

	Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:52:40 +1000
	From: Drew Parsons <dparsons@emerall.com>
	Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org

	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 the main processor itself.

	Anyway, I've been unimpressed enough with ACPI to not bother worrying about
	it for the time being.  I have both ACPI and APM compiled in, but APM gets
	preference, contrary to the documentation.  ACPI can't determine battery
	levels yet.  And worst of all, I couldn't get the suspend function to work
	with ACPI.  

	In short, I found ACPI basically useless.  But, it's under development, so
	maybe it'll come good sooner or later.  And it's usefulness no doubt varies
	from one system to another.

	Drew

	p.s.  I have a Toshiba 490CDT with Pentium II 233MHz.

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