[ale] ACPI APM, Power Management Mandrake 9.1

[Dow Hurst]

And also, if acpi is enabled and forced but misconfigured by the acpi module 
then you can get strange behavior.  I have had one machine that would only 
show a black screen, essentially no video output, when acpi was forced.  That 
same machine only worked correctly to a certain extent when acpi was disabled 
and no apm was run.  The ethernet card wasn't functioning when acpi was 
enabled and the video card shut off or quit sending signal when acpi was 
forced.  This was an XFX motherboard and a SuSE 8.2 default athlon kernel. 
That machine needs a newer kernel and one day I'll get to it. ;-)
Dow


Dow Hurst wrote:
> Normally apm and acpi are exclusive so one or the other but not both.  
> Your kernel probably is too old for a new motherboard with new acpi.
> Dow
> 
> 
> Berlin Brown wrote:
> 
>>  have been scratching my head on this.  I just put together a machine, 
>> I have put 8-10 machines together in the last couple of years.  
>> Anyway, I use my default Mandrake 9.1 install, on my other machines, I 
>> never have to worry about the monitor or CPU shutting down.  This 
>> machine which is an AMD1.7,generic Socket-A board(PCBOARDS? bought in 
>> Norcross actually), very new board, the monitor or harddrive will not 
>> suspend.  I am not at the machine, but I remember it had an 'Energy 
>> Ally' logo that displayed on boot, in the BIOS, I had apm and acpi 
>> enabled, and I think an 45min and an hour.
>>  
>> I went to KDE3.1(Control Center) and made sure the Enable Power 
>> Management are set and the are, the times dont match for
>> example I have 22 minutes for the Monitor suspend and 40 minutes for 
>> the machine suspend.
>>  
>> Normally I never touch lilo, but I decided to change one of the kernel 
>> options to acpi=force?(actually that may have worked, I will find out 
>> tonight).  Should I use apm=force also?
>>  
>> Anybody have any ideas, like I have said, normally I never worry about 
>> power management, it just works.  I am thinking that my board is too 
>> new and doesnt work with this kernel which is 2.4.21.
>>  
>> It doesnt really bother me, I guess I dont care if my monitor runs all 
>> day, just strange is all.  And are there any benefits at all for 
>> powering down a machine, suspending the monitor?
>>
>>  
>> Sorry if I Sent this twice, email problems
>>  
>> Berlin Brown
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> Ale at ale.org
>> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> 
> 

-- 
__________________________________________________________
Dow Hurst                  Office: 770-499-3428            *
Systems Support Specialist    Fax: 770-423-6744            *
1000 Chastain Rd. Bldg. 12                                 *
Chemistry Department SC428  Email:   dhurst at kennesaw.edu   *
Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com *
Kennesaw, GA 30144                                         *
************************************************************
This message (including any attachments) contains          *
confidential information intended for a specific individual*
and purpose, and is protected by law.  If you are not the  *
intended recipient, you should delete this message and are *
hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution *
of this message, or the taking of any action based on it,  *
is strictly prohibited.                                    *
************************************************************