Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:11:24 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: rdls@rdls.net Cc: FreeBSD Mobile <mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: apm and 5.0-CURRENT and Dell Inspiron Message-ID: <200006090411.VAA01358@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Jun 2000 13:17:11 BST." <393F8EC7.15D0C207@trltech.co.uk>
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> I decided to trash a perfectly good 3.4-PAO installation on my Dell > Inspiron 7500 and replace it with the 5.0-20000506-CURRENT snapshot on > disk one of the June 2000 toolkit. > > The installation went like a dream and everything was back up an running > within a couple of hours. Except for two minor problems: > > 1) apm which worked on 3.4-PAO does not even appear in dmesg (output > attached), although it is listed in GENERIC. You probably left the 'disable' keyword in your kernel config. (I can say this with certainty, becuse I use APM (heavily) on my 7500 all the time.) > 2) xli with the -fillscreen option paints a white screen. With no data at all on your X setup, this is impossible to guess at, but it sounds like another configuration error. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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