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Old 03-08-2004, 06:19 PM   #1
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Question Enabling acpi on Mandrake 10


What do I need to do to get acpi working on my notebook? I've installed acpi and acpid from cd1 and have it enabled in the lilo configurator. I've even edited the " /ect/lilo.conf" file with vi, still no icon. It worked before, after some configuring in MDK 9.1 so it is not the machine, I think, it could be the operator.
 
Old 03-08-2004, 08:15 PM   #2
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Open the Mandrake Control Center.
Type in root password to obtain Super-User privileges.
Click 'Boot' on the left.
Click 'DrakBoot helps you set up how your system boots'
The upper section is called 'Lilo/Grub mode', click on 'Configure'.
Make sure there is a tick for 'Enable ACPI'
Click Ok, and Ok again to retain your multiboot order.
i don't personally use mandrake, so i am quoting this from another persons response ...
 
Old 03-08-2004, 10:23 PM   #3
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As a Mandrake user, I know you have to recompile with ACPI built into the kernel. For some reason, Ive never gotten it to work as modules, so I always build it in.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 05:44 AM   #4
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DrOzz, I did as you suggested as stated in my original post, the format is different in MDK 10 from MDK 9.1. In 9.1 on this machine I added one line to drakboot to boot with acpi (acpi=on) and all was well. now when I try to edit I get errors this is what I currently have (/etc/lilo.conf). I've edited this with vi at line 13, going off an other suggestion, they were using grub so I may have edited the wrong line becouse I got an error message after I rebooted, everything seemed od except no battery power icon as I had when I was doing it with 9.1.

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
default="linux"
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-4mdk
label="linux"
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-4mdk.img
append="devfs=mount"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount"
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label="windows"
table=/dev/hda

Kramer, Is there some thing specific to compiling acpi into the kernel 2.6.3.4?
 
Old 03-09-2004, 09:29 AM   #5
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After some looking and investigating, I install APMD from the cd's and I've got a battery monitor for my laptop,notebook,whatever. Thank you all for your generous support, I could not have done it without you.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 09:37 AM   #6
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How ??

Hi SamothB,

I am on Mandrake 9.1, please could you say me what you have done in order to have ACPI ???
I have the same problem and i'm fighting with it !!!
I'm a newbie !!!!

Please !!!!!!!!
 
Old 03-09-2004, 09:51 AM   #7
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After some looking and investigating, I install APMD from the cd's and I've got a battery monitor for my laptop,notebook,whatever. Thank you all for your generous support, I could not have done it without you.
In my laptop experiences, APMD is an older controller, that most laptops do not use. How old is your laptop? It may seem as though it functions properly as far as telling battery charge, but it does not control fans and other temperature related devices as such. Also, depending on which processor you have, you can enable CPU throttling in the kernel to keep it from running full tilt all the time. This keeps your processor cool, and your laptop running smoothly.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 10:56 AM   #8
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The laptop is only a few month old. It is for the most part generic, A Uniwill N755II1, with an iintel 1800, the system uses some desktop components. Do a google on the model # for details. I had acpi working when I ran MDK 9.1
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It may seem as though it functions properly as far as telling battery charge, but it does not control fans and other temperature related devices as such. Also, depending on which processor you have, you can enable CPU throttling in the kernel to keep it from running full tilt all the time. This keeps your processor cool, and your laptop running smoothly.
That spooked me and for good reason, I just heard the fan kick in so something or at least part of the acpi is functioning.


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I am on Mandrake 9.1, please could you say me what you have done in order to have ACPI ???
I have the same problem and i'm fighting with it !!!
I'm a newbie !!!!
When I did this on MDK 9.1: KDE>Configure>Mandrake Control Center>enter root PW>Boot>Drakboot.
In the top pane Lilo/grub mode>configure>check Enabe ACPI>OK. you may have to insert cd1, it will copy acpi and acpid. Now I read from a post some where and did this, in the drakboot dailog box you will see Add>Linux>select image or edit the original it might look kike this for lilo:
linux (/boot/vmlinux acpi=on)
hope this works, if someone knows better please correct me I,m only about a year or so into really using linux more than 50% of the time
 
Old 03-09-2004, 12:19 PM   #9
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Being that its fairly new, your probably better off with compiling the kernel with ACPI built in, since APM isnt able to control the power and temp stuff like ACPI is. How about going to the terminal, su, and type in acpi and post the output here. That will tell for sure if you have it working or not.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 01:49 PM   #10
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Battery 1: unknown 100%
That dosen't look like I would guess it should? When I go to System>Configuration>KDE>Power Control>Laptop Battery, I have a Multi tabbed configuration panel consisting of: Battery, Power Control, Low Battery Warning, Low Battery Critical, Default Power Profiles, Button Actions, and ACPI Config. Everything seems to be enabled such as CPU thottling and System Performance. Let me know if I'm getting close.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 03:10 PM   #11
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OK I removed APM and things are as they should be. When I checked apm was not enable in the kernel which lead me to believe that it should go away.


Last edited by SamothB; 03-09-2004 at 03:17 PM.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 07:39 PM   #12
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i guess if you got it working then all is good, just thought i would add a couple of things i have found in my experience...

some laptops need to have no lapic added to the boot line.

sometimes the pc may use acpi but mandrake thinks it is to old for acpi, then you need to have force acpi in the boot line.

sometimes you need to turn off apm in the boot line.

doing it through the control center gui is not always adequate.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 08:04 PM   #13
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In my laptop, to enable acpi i did the following:

installed all related acpi packages with urpmi (or with mandrake control center). I think the packages are acpid and acpi. I then opened /etc/lilo.conf (with vi or kwrite or whatever) and I appended acpi=on.

But that did not work, apm was still loading. Then i changed the acpi=on to acpi=force. And it worked!

When i got acpi working for sure i removed the apm related packages from my computer.

Hope this helps...

(btw, to check if apm or acpi is running just check in the directory /proc

if there existes a file called apm you got apm working, if you get a directory called acpi you got acpi running. In the directory of acpi you got the stats of the battery, cpu temp. and related.
)

Thanks.

Last edited by aemus; 03-09-2004 at 08:07 PM.
 
Old 03-09-2004, 09:23 PM   #14
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Originally posted by SamothB
Battery 1: unknown 100%
That dosen't look like I would guess it should? When I go to System>Configuration>KDE>Power Control>Laptop Battery, I have a Multi tabbed configuration panel consisting of: Battery, Power Control, Low Battery Warning, Low Battery Critical, Default Power Profiles, Button Actions, and ACPI Config. Everything seems to be enabled such as CPU thottling and System Performance. Let me know if I'm getting close.
From that Id say it is working. AFAIK, Ive never seen ACPI built into a kernel that worked that Ive ever built, but that could just be me

Anyway, removing the APM should be fine. Like someone said earlier, /proc will have the calls for the ACPI to function. If you dont have an ACPI directory, its probably not running.
 
Old 06-09-2004, 08:52 PM   #15
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i have the acpi directory but i still can't control the fan.
i followed everyones suggestions except for deleting apm.
 
  


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