Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:50:17 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extra battery causes hangs (T40p, FreeBSD 5.1/CURRENT) Message-ID: <bhgb3p$nvl$2@sea.gmane.org> References: <20030811013921.GB24952@infidyne.com> <20030811075451.GA29149@speedy.unibe.ch> <20030813221033.GA7352@infidyne.com>
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Peter Schuller wrote: > Hello, > >> the extra battery works on my T30 with apm > > Ok. I'll see if I can get APM to work. When I once tried disabling ACPI > (by choosing the appropriate option at the standard boot menu) it wouldn't > boot at all, but hang a bit into the process (before starting any userland > apps). > >> no. is is either apm or acpi. if you enable both, acpi will detect apm >> running and disable it, as far as I know. > > Hmm. So not even just typing 'apm' and getting battery info should work if > apm is disabled? This always works for me too under ACPI. It's just the kernel module/daemon that won't load with ACPI. I think the apm command itself uses a /dev/ device to gather battery info. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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