[ltp] thinkpadpm removed
Brad Langhorst
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:46:59 -0500
Daniel Déchelotte wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using a vanilla 2.6.16 kernel with thinkpad 5.9 from Debian etch.
> As is, the thinkpad modules compile but do not load, because:
> kernel: thinkpad: falsely claims to have parameter enable_thinkpadpm
>
> In /usr/src/modules/thinkpad/2.6/drivers/thinkpad.c, I commented out
> the two lines that define the enable_thinkpadpm kernel module option
> and recompiled.
>
> Now thinkpad.ko does load into the kernel, but my T41 no longer suspends
> when I close the lid ("apm -s" works). Could it be that "It never
> provided much functionality anyway" includes the feature of suspending
> to RAM on lid closure? :-/
>
probably it's time to switch to acpi instead of apm...
brad