On Thursday 02 October 2003 22:13, Helgi Örn Helgason wrote:
On 2003-10-02, John Andersen wrote:
What laptop are you running that 8.2 does not handle acpi correctly? I've found 8.2 susses out acpi on every machine I throw it on.
I've got a HP 6000 Omnibook where 8.2 won't install untill I turn the acpi off, I assumed that it wouldn't work after install either. Are you saying that it should/could?
Cheers, HÖ
Yeah, it should. You might install with it off, and then turn it on. SuSE enables acpi based on bios date. You can force it on or force it off with settings that are in the SuSE knowledge base. I'm on the Sony Linux list at insue.org and of all the distros that are discussed on that list SuSE is the hands down winner for compatibility with Sonys. Now HP may be differentm but try installing with it off if thats what it takes, and the adding to the end of the command line "pci=acpi" (without quotes) to force acpi on. When you say "wouldn't install till you turned if off" what were the symptoms, how did it die, etc. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen