APM and/or ACPI

[disguised.jedi at gmail.com]

I'm having a few issues with APM and ACPI.  I need ACPI for the
battery status monitor and such, and my laptop fully supports it, so
I'd like to use it.  Anyway, the suspend command in the battery
monitor uses `/usr/bin/apm -s` to suspend, and it doesn't work unless
I pass the kernel "acpi=off apm=on" at boot.  (Yes, I have done my
research, and haven't found a good solution.)  If I do this, the
monitor is convinced that there is no battery present, and I can't get
a percentage.

So, that's my dilemma.  Anyone got any good advice?  I'm using the
standard kernel which has APM support (the `/usr/bin/apm -s` says it
doesn't) and the standard setup for APM and ACPI.

Thanks!

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