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10 Sep
2003
10 Sep
'03
14:45
Norman, It may indeed be that simple or even simpler. On my Compaq/HP laptop I have the acpid package installed but not (as far as I know) in use. Instead I blindly followed my colleage Will Helton's advice ... Go in and edit /etc/init.d/boot.local with the following two lines: modprobe ac modprobe battery Save and close then reboot machine. Works for me. Damian
Oh dear! I was beginning to think it was something as complicated as that. AFter a bit of searching, it is found and installed.
I don't have time to play with it now but will try in the next few days, .... and let you know.
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