Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 11:17:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net> To: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> Cc: Guillaume <amyfoub@videotron.ca>, jogegabsd <jogegabsd@intelnet.net.gt>, "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>, jogegabsd <jogegabsd@myrealbox.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: APM not even a sign Message-ID: <20020622111637.A70660-100000@seven.slakin.net> In-Reply-To: <200206221303.36288.dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
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Thanks for clearing that dc0 vs. dc issue. ;) I forget exact syntax at times. * * * * * * * * Matt Snow (@) drama@slakin.net (w) http://slakin.net. On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, David Syphers wrote: > On Friday 21 June 2002 11:22 pm, Matt Snow wrote: > > I went through hell with this and found the solution on accident. > > > > make sure you have the following: > > > > in KERNEL: > > device apm0 at nexus? > > device dc0 > > > > in your /etc/rc.conf: > > apm_enable="YES" > > apmd_enable="YES" > > > > recompile your kernel and install it and you should be good to go. > > I hope this works for you, it worked with 4.5 on my vaio. > > That you need apm0 and apm_enable is clear from the FreeBSD docs (e.g. > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.html). > That you also need apmd_enable doesn't seem to be mentioned there, but is > clear to anyone who reads /etc/defaults/rc.conf (as everyone should at least > once). The "device dc0" makes no sense at all. This is not a valid device > in -stable (LINT does not list it). Device dc (without the 0) is a PCI NIC, > which you may need to access the internet, but not to use APM. > > -David > > -- > Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand... > > Astronomy and Astrophysics Center > The University of Chicago > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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