[ltp] T20 - to acpi or to apm?

[James McKenzie]

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.

-- 
James McKenzie