From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Aug 29 20:32:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F225D37B401 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parv@earthlink.net) Received: from sdn-ar-007dcwashp247.dialsprint.net ([63.178.90.137] helo=earthlink.net) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #2) id 15cIYo-0005gw-00; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700 Received: by earthlink.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B2BDD50E18; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:31:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:31:54 -0400 From: parv To: Josh Elsasser Cc: Jim Mock , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: apm not finding battery Message-ID: <20010829233154.A5086@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Josh Elsasser , Jim Mock , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010829194045.D84755@helios.soupnazi.org> <20010829231146.L93819-100000@jade.elsasser.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010829231146.L93819-100000@jade.elsasser.org>; from jre@vineyard.net on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 11:15:11PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 29 23:15 -0400, sent by Josh Elsasser > > If I issue an "apm -e enable" then it says enabled: > > APM version: 1.2 > APM Managment: Enabled ... > > I can attach my kernel config and a dmesg if you think you would find > it useful, but my apm line is just "device apm0", straight from LINT > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Jim Mock wrote: > > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 at 22:36:38 -0400, Josh Elsasser wrote: > > > I 've tried unplugging the AC, I've tried building apm debugging > > > into the > > > kernel, I've tried rebooting with the bios pnp-os option on, but > > > all I get > > > is: > > > > > > APM version: 1.2 > > > APM Managment: Disabled > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ there's the difference between mine. My > > apm output says it's enabled. Did you remove the "disable" keyword > > from the just a data point... well, i have apm explicitly disabled in the kernel. apm(8) not only shows that it's disabled (duh!) but also shows correct power status, like battery capacity & ac line (what else is there? a fusion cell?) on dell inspiron 5000e. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message