Re: Can't install acpi-support (no acpi-fakekey for PPC)
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Greg Ward <greg@gerg.ca> wrote:
> I'm trying to get squeeze working on a PowerBook G4. I installed a
> basic system from a 5.0.4 netinst CD, upgraded to squeeze, and now I'm
> adding the packages I actually need. Near the top of my list is
> suspend/hibernate/power management stuff. I just want to be able to
> put the laptop to sleep.
Could you search for "how to get special keys to work in debian"
>
> It looks like the package I want is acpi-support, but it depends on
> acpi-fakekey, which is apparently not built for powerpc. See:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/acpi-support
> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/acpi-fakekey
That is correct.
>
> acpi-support is for all architectures, but acpi-fakekey only has
> binary builds for amd64, i386, and ia64. What's up with that? Is
> acpi-support the wrong thing to install?
Could you build it from source.
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/acpi-support/acpi-support_0.137.orig.tar.gz
>
> Thanks --
>
> Greg
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Thanks,
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