Re: HP Laptop acpi

[Joachim Trinkwitz <jtr@uni-bonn.de>]

Mike Kelland <mike@mikekelland.com> writes:

> I have the acpi package installed through apt on the (knoppix) 2.4.19-xfs
> kernel.  Can anyone tell me what I need to do to enable it (ie create the
> /proc/acpi file)? 

You don't write which HP laptop you own, but I think that kernel
2.4.19 doesn't have the needed acpi support for any HP laptop; you
have to patch the kernel sources with the appropriate patch on
http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi/.

There are many webpages for installing Linux on HP notebooks - have a
look at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html and
http://www.mobilix.org/hp.html.

Greetings,
joachim