[ltp] Re: x20 questions

[Rolf Leggewie]

Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV wrote:

>>Actually I meant swapping the battery while there is no electrical 
>>outlet in sight

> Me, I'd just use suspend-to-disk (which works under Linux if you use
> APM) or software suspend (if you use ACPI).

Forgive my ignorance, but how does this work (or better: how do I set it 
up)?  I find the power management functions on Linux to be rather 
intransparent.  An URL or RTFM is fine.

> I've got a media slice (two of them, actually), and I just don't see how
> you'd get a battery inside one 

I was not talking about an off-the shelf IBM x20 battery but some other 
kind of battery pack to be assembled that fits.  But I think the 
hibernate-and-swap option might prove to be much more attractive and a 
*LOT* easier to set up.

>>>>* Can the X20 be used in dual-head mode under Linux (TFT plus external)?

Alex Deucher is willing to work on it.  We just need to get him in touch 
with a machine with a rage mobility graphics chip.  If only he lived in 
Europe.  I'll have a spare x20 at least for a couple of weeks if not 
months.  Anyone in the Washington DC area with a machine to spare for an 
indefinite amount of time? ;-)