From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 2 01:41:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BE316A420 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 01:41:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from destroyingculture@netspace.net.au) Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (thunder.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B17A43D45 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 01:40:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from destroyingculture@netspace.net.au) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (220-253-20-30.VIC.netspace.net.au [220.253.20.30]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B13854B850 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:40:52 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <44064EDD.2030402@netspace.net.au> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:48:13 +1100 From: caleb User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060222) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Trouble understanding APM X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:41:00 -0000 Hi everyone, I am trying to get APM working properly on my Intel 855PM P4 1600 centrino laptop, and am having trouble understanding APM / ACPI. I have an APM DockAP in WindowMaker that display's battery statistics' The only APM feature I cannot seem to get working is the battery time remaining. In my kernel I have 'device apm' and 'apm_enable' in my rc.conf. I know that APM and ACPI cannot exist together and am wondering if this is the reason APM is not working properly. Here is what I get when I type 'apm' at the console; APM version: 1.2 APM Management: Enabled AC Line status: on-line Battery Status: charging Remaining battery life: 14% Remaining battery time: unknown Number of batteries: 1 Battery 0: Battery Status: charging Remaining battery life: 14% Remaining battery time: unknown Resume timer: unknown Resume on ring indicator: disabled If someone could point me in the direction of usefull information, that would be terrific. Thanks, caleb -- "If you are new to UNIX, you may be used to clicking something and seeing either an "OK" message, an error, nothing, or (all too often) a pretty blue screen with nifty high-tech letters explaining exactly where the system crashed" - Michael Lucas