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Date:      Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:14:58 -0500
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        Kevin Leung <kleung@padc22.pa.dec.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Q: How do I get apm and apmd working on a Thinkpad 1410?
Message-ID:  <20000218001458.G53575@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.04.10002171637040.15900-100000@padc22.pa.dec.com>; from kleung@padc22.pa.dec.com on Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 04:40:38PM -0800
References:  <Pine.OSF.4.04.10002171637040.15900-100000@padc22.pa.dec.com>

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On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 04:40:38PM -0800, Kevin Leung wrote:
> 
> I don't have my laptop with me at the moment.  I tried adding
> the following lines into /etc/rc.conf, but still couldn't get to
> to work.  I was looking to see what the advance power management
> did for the laptop.
> 
> apm_enable="YES"
> apmd_enable="YES"
> 
> When it didn't work, I tried manual to execute the apm, it
> complained about not seeing a device called /dev/apm0.

To cure that,

  # cd /dev
  # ./MAKEDEV apm0

But if you are using the GENERIC kernel, mind you,

  device          apm0    at isa? disable flags 0x31 # Advanced Power Management
                                  ^^^^^^^
(from /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC).
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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