Laptops :: no apm or acpi

Well, surprise surprise, I am having a problem. Aparently, the whole install process didnt make a file named bzImage. I have also found another place where a debian package placed an unzipped kernel. I will try to use that one... this is kinda wierd but hey, if it works it'll all be worth it.

THanks foruall your help. I will post back with the results.

I was wrong, the files I found were only the documents associated with the kernel source. I guess maybe I had the wrong file? I dunno. I think that I'll try again in a bit.

Some amendments to my instructions - the uncompressed kernel source directory is kernel-source-2.4.26, not linux-2.4.26.
So the symlink should be done as -
ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.26 /usr/src/linux (this may overwrite an existing symlink, no matter)

And at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/ I found a README which lists the patch command as -
patch -Np1 < acpi-xxx.diff

Regarding the kernel configuration file, I just uncompressed the kernel source and it doesn't appear to be there.
In Knoppix 3.4, it can be found here - /boot/config-2.4.26. In DSL, I'm not sure.
You need to load this file in xconfig, then save.

Having located these various files and notes, what the heck, I just went ahead and recompiled the kernel & modules.
The new kernel boots OK, but of course I don't know if the ACPI stuff does what it's supposed to do.
Email me if you want me to send it to you. I have made a tarball with all necessary files, filesize just over 1MB.

There is an a dsl window manager app called wmacpi_1.99r7.dsl

If you download and run this app you should see an ACPI monitor box added to the other window apps in the lower right corner. It should show the status (% charge) of your battery.

If the new kernel is working ok, this should be displaying data...

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