Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 20:43:35 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, APM and laptops Message-ID: <199707291113.UAA12764@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199707291040.MAA18633@vader.runit.sintef.no> from "Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no" at "Jul 29, 97 12:40:09 pm"
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Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no stands accused of saying: > server. The reason I run the Xi Graphics server is that my laptop > has the NeoMagic 2090 chip, and it's not (and probably won't be) > supported by XFree86 due to NeoMagic's policy wrt. low-level > programming documentation availability. (Sigh.) Be that as it may. *spit* at NeoMagic, but a big thankyou to Xi. > However, the most annoying problem with my configuration is that it > appears that APM does not work as intended, in particular: doing a > "suspend" causes the machine to freeze, not to enter the suspend > state, even if I've powered down both PCMCIA cards before doing the > suspend. > > Is this a known problem? APM BIOSsen in general are a known problem. 8( Are you enabling APM first, with 'apmconf -e'? How are you trying to suspend, with 'zzz', or 'apmconf -z', or by closing the lid? > On which mailing lists should I listen to to be aware of any > progress on solving this problem? (I get enough mail as it is, so > volume is of concern.) The -mobile list is quiet, and there would definitely be traffic there in the case of any results. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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