Fedora Core 6 on Dell Latitude 510

I just completed an upgrade of my Fedora Core 6 on my Dell Latitude 510 (from Fedora Core 5). The installation when very well. FC6 comes with a lot of new goodies that I like such as the Compiz. To install follow the instructions in the old Fedora Core 5 on Dell Latitude 510 except for these sections.

Lid

1. Edit the /etc/acpi/events/video.conf. This file should contain:

event=video.*
action=/usr/sbin/vbetool dpms on

2. Restart the acpi daemon by typing:

/sbin/service acpid restart

Software Suspend 2

1. As mentioned in my last entry on my Fedora Core 5 install our dear friend Matthias has created a nice Yum repository for FC6 packages. This way you can install the packages according to his instructions here. No need to do a lot of configuration file editing.

2. Create a file named /etc/acpi/events/sleep.conf to override the default sleep configuration. this is the contents of my sleep.conf file:

event=button/sleep.*
action=/usr/sbin/hibernate

3. Restart the acpi daemon by typing:

/sbin/service acpid restart

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CRT, bluetooth, WiFi, Compiz

Works out of the box. Nothing to fix! Fedora just keeps on getting better and better.