The last step is absolutely critical. The system won't boot if you don't get it right. I'm not sure exactly what "make install" does. Does it only work with lilo? Will it set the bootloader up so I can still choose the old kernel if necessary? I'd rather just do it myself because it's easy enough and absolutely critical.

make install also works for Grub. The following steps should work for SUSE also because I believe they are both RPM based. This is what I used to get my Battery monitor to work, I had to re-compile the kernel to include ACPI instead of APM since my Laptop needs ACPI.

* First ensure the source is installed, if using APM just skip to the line with make mrproper

* Download the patches you need, I believe if you are using APM you don't need to worry about any patches

* The patch for ACPI must match your kernel for eg: For RH 9 running kernel 2.4.20-18.9 I downloaded acpi-20021212-2.4.20.diff.gz from Sourceforge at the following link Sourceforge ACPI

* Then unzip this file gzip -d acpi*.diff.gz then copy the file acpi-20021212-2.4.20.diff to /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-18.9

* then go to console or virtual console su, enter root password, cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-18.9

* then you type the following command patch -p1 -f < acpi-20021212-2.4.20.diff

* then make mrproper

* then cd configs choose the config file that matches your PC this is for RH, I don't know if SUSE includes the same.

* then cp <matching config file> usr/src/linux-2.4.20-18.9/.config this sets everything up for the default that RH passes to its kernel

* then cd ..

* then you can edit the Makefile in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-18.9, and put something in extraversion line, I put the date the kernel was compiled on.

* then make xconfig if in X, or make menuconfig in console

* then after choosing your options here ensure that APM is set to be built in or ACPI one or the other depending what your Laptop needs if unsure then build in both and then in the Grub or Lilo options for the kernel you can say ACPI=on APM=off or vice versa

* then make dep

* then make clean

* then make bzImage

* then make modules

* then make modules_install

* then make install

After this then you double check your lilo or grub conf file and here you can pass the options as noted above to the kernel.

If using lilo I believe if everything looks good then you will have to issue the following command /sbin/lilo but don't quote me on this I use grub

Reboot your laptop and the battery monitor should work.

PS. Above I used the directory for the kernel I am using, use the directory where your kernel sources are.

Hope this helps

Sorry I haven't responded, I was out of town and I've been trying JayCnrs's solution. I haven't been able to get it to recompile after applying the patch. This could be due to my not having the right kernel or patch, I'm not sure. It was also suggested to me that I upgrade my kernel. currently I'm running 2.4.20, so I downloaded 2.4.21, but I haven't been able to compile that either. I get all sorts of warnings and errors when I run bzImage. But I'll keep trying. Thanks for any more suggestions.

Moebius,

The SuSE 8.2 kernel has support for ACPI. You have to edit the runlevel to activate it on boot. Go to YAST--System--runlever editor--runlevel properties. It will list all of the available daemons. Turn on acpid and be sure to specify runlevel 5 at the bottom. Currently the only function supported is the battery monitor. The suspend functions aren't implemented yet.

Zane

Just Run Yast2. Click on teh System Tab, Click on Runlevel Editor, and then just pick what Runlevels you want acpid to run in. Easy