Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 18:20:45 -0500 From: David Magda <dmagda+fmobile@magda.ca> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Inspiron 7K and APM Message-ID: <20021207232042.GA9471@number6.magda.ca>
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Hello, I'm trying to get Advanced Power Management (APM) to work on my Dell Inspiron 7000. I am using FreeBSD 5-CURRENT, last cvsuped on 5-Dec-2002. I have a "device apm" line in my kernel config file [1], but there is no 'apm' device listed on boot (or in dmesg [2]). It should be noted that intpm(4) is detected, as well as smb(4) and smbus(4). Is this of any significance? When /etc/rc.d/apm starts up it complains that there is no /dev/apm which would indicate that the apm module/code is not initializing. However, there are reports that APM works fine with Linux (modulo some X issues), so it is possible to get it to work. Is FreeBSD apm(4) doing things differently than Linux's? Are there any tweaks that I should be aware of to this working? Apart from the APM (not being able to do 'shutdown -p'), FreeBSD works nicely. [1] http://www.magda.ca/MYKERNEL1 [2] http://www.magda.ca/DMESG P.S. The above links will disappear in a couple of weeks, so if you're reading the archives don't bother with them. -- David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca> Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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