On Wednesday 08 October 2008 03:22:36 am you wrote:

architecture between HP BIOS and other computers BIOS. He told me olso that I have to recompile the kernel with right ACPI modules in it. I did this and it does't work. You still haven't mentioned the window manager - KDE / IceWM / Fluxbox / other?

I'm working on kde 3.5, but I've tried kde 4 and it was the same situation.

Thank you. Okay, now, in KDE, down at the bottom, you should have a little plug icon (or battery icon if you're not plugged in) - see attached. Do you have this? If not, it is KPowersave - make sure you have that loaded. You can right-click and configure it in many ways. http://powersave.sourceforge.net/kpowersave/index.html That should get you started. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com government is a process which utilizes 45.5% gut reaction, 45.5% laws and statutes and 1% logic