[ltp] T20 - to acpi or to apm?

[Nick Rout]

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.

> 
> -- 
> James McKenzie
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Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>