Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 22:08:19 +0200 From: "Arnfinn Aas Eielsen" <aeielsen@nextra.com> To: "Andrew Hesford" <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: APM on FreeBSD 4.2 Message-ID: <001101c0b6f9$ab6663e0$ca5cfea9@venom> References: <000f01c0b663$c33323a0$ca5cfea9@venom> <20010326181511.A4218@cec.wustl.edu>
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Hi Silly me. I thought that not including or commenting out something was the same as disabling it. Now I know better :). I recompiled the kernel with the new settings and i worked flawlessly! Thanks alot! Arnfinn Aas Eielsen > APM was not enabled in my GENERIC kernel. You might see something like: > > device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x20 > > This means that APM is disabled. To enable it, rebuild your kernel with > the "disable" part removed. Note that on some machines (most notably > mine), this can cause weird problems, like the machine locking up at > boot time (again I speak with first-hand experience). > > If it works, and you have the appropriate devices (see /dev/MAKEDEV if > you don't), these commands should work. > > > So this is the story: > > I ran the "apm -z" and I got the message "apm:can't open /dev/apm: > > device not configured". > > > > I ran "apmd -v -d" and I got the message "apmd:cannot open device file > > /dev/apmctl: Device not configured". > > > > I looked in the /dev directory and there was a file there called "apm" > > and another one called "apmctl". Just in case i ran "./MAKEDEV apm" > > > > I looked in the "rc.conf" file which says: > > > > apm_enable="YES" > > apmd_enable="YES" > > apmd_flags="-d -v" > > > > Then I scratched my head, and after that I looked in the configuration > > file for the GENERIC kernel, and it said that apm was enabled. I even To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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