Re: need help on using acpi for power management
Never mind here. I discovered my newly compiled kernel was not getting liloed
correctly. All is well now!
On Thursday 13 February 2003 14:38, James D. Freels wrote:
> Hello All !
>
> I have been fortunate enough for my employer to have acquired me a new
> machine on which I naturally am running Debian/Sid. All goes quite well,
> but I do not have the acpi features of the motherboard working.
>
> The motherboard is an Intel SE7500CW2 housing dual Xeon 2.4Ghz processors.
> Yes, it is a fine machine indeed.
>
> I have the kernel 2.4.20 compiled with ACPI. According to the motherboard
> docs, acpi is always present. However, the bios has very little option
> with respect to power (there is a power button enable/disabled switch).
>
> I want Linux to be able to:
>
> 1) on complete shutdown, power down the machine
> 2) enable standby or shutdown mode of various components (monitor, drives,
> etc.)
> 3) generally experiment with ACPI
>
> Where can I go to get help on this ?
--
James D. Freels, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
freelsjd@ornl.gov
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