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Linux on a laptop ... step 2?



On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 12:45:26AM -0400, William Ricker wrote:
> 
> And That APM is old news, but that ACPI support in Linux is still
> do-it-yourself.

Nontheless, APM is most likely what's compatible with BIOSes in older
laptops.

> And Ubuntu being bleeding edge, installed APCI but generic.

Yes, irritating.  On my Dell Inspiron 8000, the first thing I have to do
is recompile and disable ACPI support, or else I'm frozen.  APM suspend
works fine.

-David





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