[Lancaster] Laptop Power Managment

[Ken Hough]

Martyn,

I know that APM is the older technology, but as the laptop is circa 2001 
it may be relevant. I'm running a 2.6 kernel so am fairly well up to date.

I've discovered that when running APM, 'xosview' shows battery level, 
whereas when running ACPI it doesn't. 'akpi' shows battery level under ACPI.

When I've managed to get my head around the APM/ACPI scene, I'll look up 
a few web sites on the subject for clues.

I'm begining to suspect the battery and so am trying to get hold of a 
spare, but not at IBM prices!

BTW. Have you any use for a 32MB/64MHz working RAM chip taken from a 
failed Toshiba 480 CDT laptop? I remember you saying that you had an old 
laptop.

Ken Hough

Martyn Welch wrote:
> Hi Ken,
> 
> I have briefly looked at this topic.
> 
> 1. As far as I know APM is an older technology, ACPI is probably the way to 
> go. ACPI is probably more likely to get updated over time.
> 


> 2. Power management especially in laptops is still quite a new feature and is 
> also something which varies massively from machine to machine. It maybe that 
> the drivers are not fully compatible with the T21's power management features 
> (yet).
> 
> It might be worth trying to update the kernel to the newest, if it hasn't 
> already been, to see if any new features help...
> 
> Martyn