ACPI question

mortal · 10-01-2004, 12:30 AM

I dual boot win2k and slack 10.ACPI and APM are enabled in the bios for win2k but I am just using the slackware default kernel without acpi support.Is this a potential problem if I leave "acpi aware os" ENABLED in the BIOS while running non acpi slackware?

Athlon xp 2400+ desktop

urka58 · 10-01-2004, 08:35 AM

You should install acpid package and then enable acpi by giving execute permissions to /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid.
An alternative method is you re-install slack using bareacpi.i as default kernel (not very confortable).
Hope this helps
Ciao

skog · 10-02-2004, 12:37 AM

you could just install the bareacpi.i kernel or recompile your kernel with acpi installed.

just copy the bareacpi.i kernel from the cd to your /boot dir and add a section in lilo.conf for it rerun lilo and its installed.

but no leaving that bios option shouldnt affect anything ... youll get better support (* support = more features *) from acpid then you will from apmd ... you have to setup acpid events and actions though, well at least in 9.1, havent used 10.0 yet.