[ltp] T20 - to acpi or to apm?

[James McKenzie]

Nick Rout wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 18:18 -0700, James McKenzie wrote:
> 
>>Nick Rout wrote:
>>
>>>I have a T20, nice solid machine, a little long in the tooth, but it gets me by.
>>>
>>>I had reason to completely reinstall gentoo on it recently, and now have a recent
>>>2.6.9 kernel with acpi enabled and acpi-ibm installed.
>>>
>>>I haven't managed to get suspending and hibernation working properly yet, but i am
>>>beginning to wonder if I should be using acpi at all, or whether on such an old machine I should stick to apm.
>>>
>>>One of the reasons for saying that is that the fan never seems to go very hard, the
>>>machine gets very hot. The fan goes full tilt when i turn it on from a cold start, 
>>>but as soon as the kernel boots it seems to slow down.
>>>
>>>So, do the wise people here recommend I go with acpi or revert to apm. I can get a
>>>later kernel - 2.6.10 is easy to switch to in gentoo, there may even be 2.6.11 available?
>>>
>>>And any hints on the fan speed? I'd rather too fast than too slow, as I'd rather be
>>
>> > annoyed by the noise than fry the insides.
>>
>>What type of video card is in the T20?  I'm working on building a kernel 
>>for the A22p which has a Rage Mobility video system.
> 
> 
> savage of some sort.

Will not work with my kernel as it is built for the ATI series of cards.

James McKenzie