[lug] ACPI Questions

[Prescott Oelke]

 Will the APM stuff do what I need it to do (operate the fan) or is it
limited to controlling the battery life? The Compaq "tech support" rep told
me that running Linux on Presario notebooks is "not a supported
configuration" and "could have some bad side effects." I presume that he's
talking about my cpu fan not working. He went on to suggest the Compaq
Armada series as "linux compatible" but those are a minimum of $700 more
than the one I bought. I get the feeling I should have bought a Dell. Live
and learn.

Prescott


On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:18:31 -0600 (MDT), lug at lug.boulder.co.us wrote:

>  ACPI requires a user-space daemon to control hardware power usage.
>  However, at this time, ACPI support is very limited due to its recent
>  introdution and conflicting standards. You also may want to  check with
>  Compaq technical support (though tech support usually handles linux
issues
>  poorly), to see if the fan works with Linux ACPI, due to the current
>  limited status of the project and Compaq's participation in kernel
>  development.
>  
>  -------------------
>  David Trowbridge
>  jupiter at flatirons.org
>  http://jupiter.babylonia.flatirons.org
>  
>  "Base 8 is just like base 10 really...if you're missing two fingers"
>  	-Tom Lehrer
>  





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