one step closer

i just upgraded to kernel 2.4.22 (gentoo gs-sources build) and i decided to give ACPI another shot. it works, kinda. it doesn’t hang the system on bootup like it did before, so that’s a good thing. auto-poweroff on shutdown works, which is nice to have. however, i still can’t get my holy grail of power management — battery status. i compiled all the ACPI options into the kernel but battery status still wasn’t working (even tried compiling them as modules but got the same results). nothing battery related appears under /proc/acpi so i’m stumped. i suppose i should give the kernel a little more time to mature. oh, i also got the brightness controls working (fn + f1/f2). all it required was compiling “Toshiba Laptop Extras” into the kernel. bonus! need to update my how-to soon…