I put my
acpi problem at
www.mandrakeusers.org in their "Other distributions" section since I need help with it on my laptop for SuSE 9.0. I also will be installing MDK9.2 in a few weeks on my Toshiba 5005-S507 and eventually my Toshiba 5205-S703. Both require
acpi enabled in order for sound to work.
A moderator of that board, named Dragonmage, gave me some really good advice for both SuSE 9.0 as well as MDK 9.2. I will cut and paste it below:
"To run
mandrake 9.2 with
acpi=on without hanging I have to update the kernel to the newest one."....
" The updated kernel should be available in any
mandrake mirrors. But just in case, here are some links
ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/...ates/9.2/RPMS/
http://mandrake.contactel.cz/Mandrak...ates/9.2/RPMS/
Make sure you download these files
kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk.i586.rpm
APCI patch is already built in the regular
mandrake kernel.. so there will be no recompiling needed. The kernel source will be needed in order to compile nvidia driver, modem driver, cpad touchpad driver, and other stuff."
Some of the newer Toshiba Satellite laptops have a "legacy free bios". In addition,
acpi is needed not only for laptop power management, but for sound as well.
I hope this will help some of you!
Cuzzle, what is the make and model of your laptop?????
I'm using GRUB instead of LILO because you can edit it upon boot-up. It is really easy to do with SuSE 9.0's GUI design.
When I installed SuSE 9.0 Pro, at the beginning of the install at the bottom of the screen, it showed the resolution at the bottom of the screen, when I clicked on it a pop up screen appeared with possible resolutions; I had to pick 1600 x 1200 so that SuSe would be full screen. At lower resolutions, KDE and Gnome would be small and in the center of the screen.
After you install, you can change the screen resolution in Yast2 by going to Hardware, then click on Monitor where you can edit the resolution numbers. (Yast2 will ask for your root password.)
If anyone is using SuSE 9.0 on a similar laptop as mine and has problems with
acpi=on (or a solution); please see my thread at;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=117416
Best regards,
Richard L.
Hope this helps!