Martin List-Petersen <martin@list-petersen.se> writes: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 01:05, Xavier Maillard wrote: > > Hello, [...] > You will need to get a recent vanilla kernel, patch it with acpi and > the patch for custom dsdt from http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml > > The kernel, that i gave you the link for, allready supports > this. With that you can just copy you aml file somewhere (for example > /boot) and let the kernel calling it on boot by specifying it as the > initrd boot image (initrd=/boot/dell.aml) in lilo.conf, running lilo, > rebooting and you are up and running. It would have been fine if I did use initrd but I don't ;) Note I had to edit by my-self the ACPI kernel code to have the overide function working. [Update ] I finally succeeded in having my 'old' Dell Inspiron 4100 managed under ACPI. So I have safely dropped out APM and can take advantage of the ACPI now ;) Thanx to all of you who helped me at doing it real (especially Martin). So right now, here is the current configuration of my Dell laptop: linux 2.4.21 + acpi patch + swsupd patch + laptop-mode patch. All is really well working now \o/ The most difficult thing was to debug/correct my f#*#g DSDT but I did and It *DOES* rock now :) Thanx P.S: now what can I use to monitor ACPI event and react according to those events ? zeDek -- "Who cares if it doesn't do anything? It was made with your new Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process..."
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