The original kernel 2.4.18 from www.kernel.org
is patched with
the acpi-patch 20020517 then recompiled with ACPI support, the
filesystem ext3 and proscessor ' 686 ' (Athlon/Duron optimizations
generate kernels panic).
You will find my configuration file
to be placed in /usr/src/linux
and to be renamed in .config if needed.
There is a Mach64 module developpement, download the source, unpack and lauch
the script install.sh It make the modules but a end there is a problem to load the mach64 module
-> simply execute the depmod -a and reload the X server.... that
all!
Via AC97 Modem
This modem works now, Thanks to Marc Boucher ! (2 june 2002 version)
Acpi functions works correctly, it makes it possible to have certain
function keys like the illumination of Lcd. The ventilator is started only
at the top of 50°C and is cut below. The sleep functions seem implemented
in the versions of kernels 2.5.x, to supervise in the future. The frequency
of the proscessor seems to be managed see
dmesg
All information concerning Acpi management is visible in/proc/acpi,
there is however a problem bus if one reaches the files 'info' that blocks
the keyboard and you are good for reboot. (the remainder of the system run
correctly)
A simple solution to cure this problem consists in doing one mirroir
tree structure for acpi in another directory that /proc, recopy the files
' info' and to put symbolic links for the other files.
You will find a script which makes it possible to automate the operation:
acpi_vaio.sh
(needs reboot at the end: -)
Visualization of load battery info
Now that is possible to reach the infos it is necessary to find an applet
to visualize the state of battery load.... not simple!. The applet of Gnome
supports only APM management and I did not find an applet supporting the
format generated by the acpi-patch. I thus chose
power-applet which after some modifications works correctly.
The modifications relate to the format of the Acpi format and the way
to reach the new directory, by the same occasion it speaks French now.
You will find the
file modified source , it takes account of the new directory generated
by my script (/acpi instead of /proc/acpi ) if you wish it,
you can modify the path in the source file ' powerm.c '