Maybe it is mentioned in the manual, I don't know, I am still trying to find it. Lets try the index: acpi - nope. How about the troubleshooting section? Nope. Network Integration? Ditto. How about the installation section? I don't see anything about acpi. Please point me to the correct page number. My motherboard manual? No mention of ACPI. BIOS settings? Nope. And what about all the people that buy a prebuilt machine which comes with no motherboard manual? Not everyone has the latest computer with acpi support and not everyone knows what the f?I&^$ is acpi. Avi On Wednesday, Apr 30, 2003, at 07:08 America/Chicago, O'Smith wrote:
Guys! All this stuff (acpi) is mentioned in the manuals SuSE takes so much time to write and print for us, it just requires a bit of reading on our part. Do you remember how to do that? Plus, I am sure there is mention of ACPI in your motherboard manual and how it might affect things. This is a BIOS setting, that on some motherboards it causes the nic not to be seen or work correctly! ACPI Aware OS=y/n
Sorry to sound like a broken record, but I think SuSE has done quite well in informing the user about these things and how to get around most of them. They can't be held responsible for the hardware too! Have you written any emails to Gigabyte complaining yet that their hardware does not comply to ACPI standards? Have you chastised your hardware builder for not checking things out prior to building the computer? PC hardware is not all created equal and if you plan on playing with these things, you have to understand that first!
If you need hand holding, call Mom not SuSE. If you take it on yourself to install computer software then learn to expect some disappointments and ask for help in the correct forums. Those too are supplied by SuSE in the manuals.
Patrick -- Avi Schwartz avi@CFFtechnologies.com