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[Woodchuck]

On Wed, 9 May 2007, Pau Amaro-Seoane wrote:

> It's "arschkalt" outside (as Germans say), so that the laptop was
> cold and now, after 20 min uptime the fans just begin to spin BUT after
> some seconds they stop! :) 

72F (22.2C), sunny, 25% humidity, light breeze from the S at 11:30 AM.

I was going to suggest putting the machine in a plastic bag and
then in a refrigerator.

> 1- Do I need apmd_flags="-C" line in /etc/rc.conf.local if I boot
>    enabling acpi?

That or some other line.  Otherwise the apmd daemon won't start.

> 2- Why is acpi not enabled per default?

Not fully reliable, is my guess.  This isn't KDE, no need to enable
everything by default.

> 3- Is acpitz automatically enabled if I enable acpi (is it a part of
>    acpi)?

Dunno.

D.