Thanx for the HOWTO. It looks great to me. Just a side question. Is ACPI stable now? Coz a while ago it was broken I think. How well is it now?
Edwin Lau On June 12, 2003 03:43 am, Nick Hastings wrote: > Hi, > > * Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030612 09:00]: > > Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For those who are interested I've got my second draft of an > > > ACPI HOWTO online. > > > > > > http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/acpi.phtml > > > > > > Please feel free to let me know if you there are any parts > > > which are unclear or flat-out wrong. :) > > > > I took the kernel-source 2.4.20-8 from unstable, removed the > > ACPI changes and applied acpi-20021212-2.4.20.diff.gz from > > acpi.sf.net since the vanilla 2.4.20 _HAS_ several security > > leaks (ptrace, hash table,...) > > > > You can find the package at > > http://people.debian.org/~maxx/kernel-source-2.4.20/ > > (I didn't upload the .orig.tar.gz since you can get it from any > > debian mirror and the .deb is already big enough) > > Cool, thanks. These days I'm a bit scared to use kernels without > the Debian patches and I'm hanging to get acpi working. > > I downloaded the full .deb and compiled it up. Unfortunately it > won't boot. Just hangs with a blank screen. I used gcc-3.2 and a > config tuned for my Fujitsu LOOX T93C (aka Fujitsu P2120 in the > US?). This config file (without acpi configured) and gcc worked > flawlessly on kernel-source-2.4.20-6 [1]. > > Any reports of success and failures with this kernel source would > be much appreciated. > > TIA, > > Nick. > > 1. I also apply a patch to the ide driver alim15x3.c to enable > DMA for this machine. > > > -- > Debian testing/unstable > Linux twofish 2.4.20-looxt93c8 #1 Thu May 22 10:43:41 JST 2003 -- Edwin ERTW Lau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
