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Subject: Re: APM/ACPI
From: Sean Middleditch <smiddle@twp.ypsilanti.mi.us>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Hmm, not to point fingers or anything, but...

"The WindowsXP that came preinstalled supported it!"

I dunno, perhaps there is some proprietary protocol?  Is ACPI backwards
compat with APM?  I mean, if the laptop doesn't support APM, would that
mean it can't support ACPI?

Thanks again,
Sean Etc.

On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 13:34, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I don't see anything regarding ACPI.  I also read that ACPI should
> > automatically take over APM if support is available.  How can I tell if
> > I'm not using ACPI because it's not supported, or because it's not
> > compiled in?
> 
> Red Hat shipped kernels dont include acpi. The -1% for the battery
> percentage does look like the laptop may not support much APM if any
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