On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Root wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 21:54, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > You might find some help here (found from www.linux-laptops.org): > > > > http://www.flagar.com/en/linux_inspiron.html > > > > It looks like APM in fact does not work on this machine. There's a > > description there of getting ACPI to work with the latest Mandrake. > > > > > Many thanks for the link, seems pretty clear its a no-no unless I switch > to Mandrake, which I'm not going to do.
Not a no-no, but definitely not for newbies. The patches *are* there, but you need to get them, patch your kernel, build it, and install it. Gives you an educational goal to strive for... -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list