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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:19:20 -0400
From:      Mike Galvez <mrg8n@mail.virginia.edu>
To:        Bennett Hui <bennett@hqinvestment.com>
Cc:        smujohnson@home.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: APM or /etc/hosts
Message-ID:  <20001026151919.G84260@m.mail.virginia.edu>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJPPFIKACODILKKMJOEPLCCAA.bennett@hqinvestment.com>; from bennett@hqinvestment.com on Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:00:30AM -0700
References:  <20001026095837.B84260@m.mail.virginia.edu> <NEBBJPPFIKACODILKKMJOEPLCCAA.bennett@hqinvestment.com>

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I'm using the 4.0 release & compiled a custom kernel; however,  The GENERIC
config file has support for apm. 

To find the path try:

locate kernel.conf

I have attached a text file with the content of the /boot directory and 
kernel.conf file.


On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:00:30AM -0700, Bennett Hui wrote:
> I also want to get APM working on my FreeBSD box.  I have 4.1.1 release.
> 
> Following your instructions, I've checked the following:
> 
> In /etc/rc.conf, I have:
> 
> apm_enable="YES"
> 
> I'm assuming that this is the same as enable_apm="YES" as you suggested?
> 
> I've checked that APM is enabled in my BIOS.
> 
> But what do you mean by add:
> 
> en apm
>  to /boot/kernel.conf
> 
> ??
> 
> I've looked in my /boot directory and there is no kernel.conf file.
> 
> Bennett
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Galvez
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 6:59 AM
> To: smujohnson@home.com
> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: APM or /etc/hosts
> 
> 
> Check that APM is enabled in your BIOS and add:
> 
> en apm
>  to /boot/kernel.conf
> 
> also check that:
> 
> enable_apm="yes"
> 
> is in your /etc/rc.conf
> 
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 01:23:24PM +0100, simond@irrelevant.org wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:50:56PM -0700, Mike Batchelor wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I can't seem to get any APM features working for my ASUS A7V.  Basically
> I would like FreeBSD (rel4.1.1) to shutdown the computer using halt -p (is
> that even the correct arguement?!) without having to press the power button.
> The generic kernel already has "device apm0" set up so.. I have no idea.
> Thanks
> >
> > Try just "device apm", it works fine on my A7V.
> >
> > --
> > Simon Dick					simond@irrelevant.org
> >
> >
> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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> 
> --
> 
> Michael Galvez
> Computer Systems Sr. Engineer         Office: 804-982-2975
> Financial Analysis                    E-Mail: mrg8n@virginia.edu
> University of Virginia        Messenger Mail: Carruthers Hall
> 
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Michael Galvez
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Financial Analysis                    E-Mail: mrg8n@virginia.edu
University of Virginia        Messenger Mail: Carruthers Hall

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$ pwd
/boot
$ ls

boot0
boot1
boot2
cdboot
defaults
kernel.conf
loader
loader.4th
loader.conf
loader.help
loader.rc
mbr
support.4th

$ cat kernel.conf
en apm
di sn0
di lnc0
di le0
di ie0
di fe0
di ed0
di cs0
di bt0
di aic0
di aha0
di adv0
q

$ grep apm /sys/i386/conf/HUMPTY
device		apm0    at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power Management

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