I've taken much too long to reply to this, and I apologize. On Mon, July 11, 2011 8:24 am, Scott Ferguson wrote: > The first two approaches seem like a lot of work for something I never > use (even well supported netbooks shutdown and restart quicker with a > little tuning than a tweaked hibernation scheme) :-(
Shutdown/startup are very fast, but not if you take into account having to reload everything. I got a netbook with 2GB of RAM specifically because I like to have lots of programs open. [about Coreboot] > Approach #3 is always my preferred approach, it's probably the most > difficult too. Hints? Good HowTo, for instance? > Approach #2 might solve some other (possibly) ACPI related issues you > mentioned. Gateway tend to re/use other manufactures hardware, generally > with little modification (they also tend to bastardise DSDT too). If you > can find another netbook that uses the Phoenix BIOS equivalent of > Version Gateway LT31 v1.3307 - then "borrow" the custom acpi module. > If you feel particularly brave - you can try a modified BIOS (eg.from > Kizwan). If you decide you'd like to fix the missing ACPI support a > modified BIOS that supports DSDT might be a useful tool ;-p You're right that this is reused--it's an ACER netbook rebranded, I believe. I'll see if Kizwan has anything. Thanks again for all the effort you've put into this, Scott. -- Carl Fink c...@finknetwork.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ad8595529324dd7609d460be716c9403.squir...@mail.panix.com
