Re: Can't install acpi-support (no acpi-fakekey for PPC)
On Mit, 2010-08-11 at 23:21 -0400, Greg Ward 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.
>
> 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
>
> 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?
Yeah, ACPI really is specific to those architectures.
Try something like pbbuttonsd / pommed / pmud.
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