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Should I use APM or ACPI?

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wo...@cp639.ap.bm.net

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May 29, 2011, 11:36:39 PM5/29/11
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Hi,

In slackware, that's the suggested package to do the power management?
ACPI or APM?

What I want to do with power management is to put my laptop sleep when
power is not enough.

Thanks in advance.

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narke

Aragorn

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May 30, 2011, 12:56:15 AM5/30/11
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On Monday 30 May 2011 05:36 in alt.os.linux.slackware, somebody
identifying as wo...@cp639.ap.bm.net wrote...

> In slackware, that's the suggested package to do the power management?

> ACPI or APM? [...]

APM is deprecated. If your machine is recent, you should use ACPI
instead.

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*Aragorn*
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

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