How is FC3 ACPI on laptops these days?

[Globe Trotter]

--- Pete Toscano <pete-fedora at verisignlabs.com> wrote:

> Dexter Ang wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> > 
> > As the last version of Fedora I've used was FC2, I'm wondering about
> > the current 'condition' of FC3. I'm using a Thinkpad T30. Going
> > through the archives, I didn't really see any info regarding ACPI
> > status.
> > 
> > Suspend -to-disk and -to-ram works under Ubuntu Hoary. Of course they
> > have that Thinkpad power-drain bug on S3. But suspend-to-disk works
> > really well. So would a fully-updated FC3 work well with ACPI events?
> > 
> > I'm more looking for personal experiences, as searching around shows
> > that most people just kept using APM, it seems.
> 
> Dex,
> 
> Check out ThinkWiki (http://www.thinkwiki.org/ThinkWiki) and Volker 
> Braun's T-41 site. 
> (http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~vbraun/computing/T41/kernel.html)  He's got a 
> link to his kernel repository there.  The more recent ones (2.6.11-13) 
> get ACPI working just fine on my T40.  Depending on the graphics chipset 
> in your T30, you might have to recompile from the SRPM after editing a 
> file.  (Write me directly if you need to recompile and I'll help you.)
> 
> pete
> 

Hi Pete,

I have a Dell Latiture C840, but the same problem. Can I ask for the help you
offered Dex?

Thanks!
GT


		
__________________________________ 
Do you Yahoo!? 
Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search.
http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250