[ltp] help for configuring ibm-acpi

[come se fosse antani]

On 12/18/06, Michael Gaber <Michael.Gaber@gmx.net> wrote:
> come se fosse antani schrieb:
> > Hi.
> > I use debian testing and kernel 2.6.18 on my X40; everything (see
> > below) works out of the box, but there are some aspects I dont
> > understand.
> > I would to better understand and configure ibm-acpi.
> > here the questions:
> > 1. without ibm-acpi module loaded, I can put in sleep mode the laptop
> > pressing fn+F4. If I load the module, it don't works anymore. Somehow
> > it seems that ibm-acpi don't recognize (or dont let go trough) the
> > acpi events to acpid.
> > 2. many months ago, I used the "eject" function in /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
> > and a script found somewhere to undock my X40 from the ultrabase. Now
> > I can't find that file in /proc but there is a "bay" file. I've read
> > the README for ibm-acpi but it seems be pretty outdated.
> > In the related page on thinkwiki there are many ways to undock the
> > laptop: I tried with hotswap and "eject" command to the "bay" file.
> > Prior I launch the hotswap utility to unregister the CD drive and then
> > "eject"; the light on the ultrabase remains on and if I try to eject I
> > get some beep and errors in dmesg.
> >
> > Have you some suggestions/links ?
> >
> > thank you,
> > antani
>
> the ba file would normally only be for ejecting the ultrabay drive, not
> for the dock, perheps there is some kind of "experimental" feature for
> the dock...

It's odd if it is in "experimental" : I used that feature months ago....
anyway: where is in the current version of ibm_acpi the "dock" feature?

thanks