[ale] debian acpi module errors, framebuffer

[Jim Popovitch]

On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:32 -0500, Jay Loden wrote:
> Thinpad i1300 - I had no problems with power management under Mepis Linux or 
> Slackware, but I believe it may have been APM...how can I use APM and make 
> sure it's working?
> -Jay

I would just add acpi=off to your kernel boot line.  That should solve
your problems.  My experiences with Thinkpads (typing on one right now)
is that APM works, ACPI doesn't.

Once you boot, just "cat /proc/apm" and you should see some battery
status numbers.

-Jim P.

> 
> On Monday 24 January 2005 11:59 am, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 11:51 -0500, Jay Loden wrote:
> > > Will I need acpi for battery/power management for the laptop though?
> >
> > What kind of laptop?  Chances are APM will do just fine.  ACPI is newer,
> > but not as stable as APM.
> >
> > -Jim P.
> >
> > > On Monday 24 January 2005 07:41 am, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > > > Hi Jay,
> > > >
> > > > Try disabling acpi in your kernel boot process.  To test this just add
> > > > acpi=off on the end of your lilo or grub boot sequence.  In grub, just
> > > > highlight the boot line and press 'e' to edit or 'p' to enter a
> > > > password if you set grub up with one.
> > > >
> > > > -Jim P.
> > >
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