[NCLUG] notebook power

[P. Scott DeVos]

I installed KRUD 9 on a ze5300 for a client.  I did have to compile a 
new kernel for ACPI.  Following the instructions in Appendix A of the 
Red Hat Customization guide, it was pretty simple and it works pretty well.

William Dan Terry wrote:
> I'm running KRUD 9 on my hp pavilion ze5300. I cannot monitor battery
> life. I have discovered that acpi is the newer way to do so. APM support
> is not in my kernel, though I've updated the kernel directly from RedHat
> a few times since I did the install from KRUD. ACPI support also doesn't
> appear to be in my kernel. Are there any options short of getting kernel
> source and making a new kernel? Can anyone point me to current wisdom?
> 
> TIA, William
> 
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