Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:36:06 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: APM problems under FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE on IBM Thinkpad A30p Message-ID: <bc877a$q2r$1@main.gmane.org> References: <2590.1055355987@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>
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Dave Tweten wrote: > jesse@wingnet.net said: >>I'm again trying to get some form of power management operational under >>FreeBSD. (If I can't, I'm not going back to Linux. I'll just deal with >>it! ... > > Before going back to Linux Didn't say I was going to. Specifically said I WOULDN'T. > (particularly considering your rave review of > it), why not try FreeBSD 4.8? Already have. See previous emails to this list. 4.8 didn't properly detect APM. > It's called STABLE for a reason, and the > version of 5.1 you tried is also called Beta for a reason. I did not install a Beta. I installed 5.1-RELEASE. 5.1 is quite stable at this point. ACPI, on the other hand, is NOT stable. > > FreeBSD 4.8: tastes great, less filling -- particularly when it comes to > power management on ThinkPads. All except the A30p apparently. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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