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From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
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To: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk>
Subject: Re: APM not even a sign
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:20:45 -0500
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On Saturday 22 June 2002 03:59 pm, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen wrote:
> On Friday 21 June 2002 23:24, jogegabsd wrote:
> > Hello all. I'm trying to run apm on my laptop with 4.6-RELEASE.
> > Now I had also this problem with 4.5-RELEASE.
> > I reconfigure my kernel from this
> 
> How do you build your kernel? By "the new way" ('make buildkernel 
> KERNCONF=MYKERNEL' etc.)?
> 
> I just went through the same hell this afternoon trying to get apm working 
on 
> my ThinkPad. Followed every guidelines. Didn't work. (device not 
configured).
> 
> Then I just went in and build the kernel "the old way"
> 
> #cd /usr/src/sys/i386/config
> #/usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL
> #cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL
> #make depend
> #make
> #make install
> 
> Voila... suddenly apm worked like a charm.... isn't the first time "the new 
> way" have given me headaches.

I belive the "new way" is _only_ for when you're upgrading the entire system - 
it's for use between buildworld and installworld.  The "old way" is still the 
way for when you're just building your kernel.

Did you actually check to see if a new kernel was being installed?

-David

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