This one time, at band camp, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 02 September 2002 12:29 pm, Mariano Kamp wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I use a Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G and wondering how I can tell > > if ACPI is setup and working? > > > > I read that it is possible to burn my laptop if ACPI is not > > activated. Is that true? > > > > Mariano > > I think this question might get more response on debian-laptop! > > I am *trying* to configure my Gateway solo 1200 for apm. At this > piont, I don't even have a clue if the little dude uses apm or acpi! > > I ran a test on the box with 'setiathome' and it became very hot. It > would have been impossible to keep this on ones *lap* :)
According to all reports I have manged to find, ACPI support is very
rough in the linux kernel at the moment. Fortunately, APM is
sufficiently advanced to deal with most of the issues. I am writing this
on an IBM Thinkpad, and:
steve:~$ uptime
22:33:43 up 18:03, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01,0.08
It's been up for a while without overheating.
Good luck with it.
Steve
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