[ltp] ACPI & APM Confused

Daniel Jimenez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:43:54 -0600 (CST)


Hi,
>
> Well basically ACPI lets the software take care of most power managnent
>  while in APM the hardware does the work.
>
> Good info on ACPI and Linux
> http://acpi.sourceforge.net/
>
> What Thinkpad model do you have?
> I haven't got my T41 to work well with ACPI. (USB does not work after
> resume) APM works fine though.

I have a T41p. I'm using all ACPI, suspened (FN+F?) doesn't work at all. Is
APM generally more reliable? What features work in APM that don't work in
ACPI and vice versa?

Generally confused,
Daniel Jimenez