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  From: Tom McReynolds <tomcat@gigapixel.com>
  To  : Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
  Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:19:02 -0700

Re: apmd 3.0b6 and Thinkpad 770ED

Jamie Zawinski wrote:

> Avery Pennarun wrote:
> >
> > I've never had anyone complain to me that it doesn't work.  Any laptop
> > that didn't do that wouldn't be complying with the APM standard
> > properly.
>
> Guys, I hate to tell you this, but apmd just doesn't work at all on a
> Thinkpad 770ED.
>
>

...

>
> I don't know where to begin -- aside from "don't run apmd."
>
> If the problem is really that the machine is not complying with the APM
> standard (which I doubt, but which is possible) then let's isolate the
> nature of the problem, rather than just guessing, and either come up
> with a workaround, or clearly understand and document *why* one can't
> run apmd on Thinkpads.

It sure would be cool if there was a standalone linux program that could be
run to
evaluate the BIOS's compliance with the APM standard. Then we could isolate

BIOS vs apm problems. Any such animal exist?

    -Tom

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