From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 3 16:24:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B98A16A4CE for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:24:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1855643D39 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:24:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikej@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO cpe000103d44c07-cm000f9f7ae88c.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) (mikej@69.193.222.195 with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2005 16:24:10 -0000 Received: from 207.219.213.163 (proxying for unknown) (SquirrelMail authenticated user mikej); by cpe000103d44c07-cm000f9f7ae88c.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:24:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <37451.207.219.213.163.1104769449.squirrel@207.219.213.163> In-Reply-To: <20050103160814.EE26F5D07@ptavv.es.net> References: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:14:27 EST." <31982.207.219.213.163.1104765267.squirrel@207.219.213.163> <20050103160814.EE26F5D07@ptavv.es.net> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:24:09 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike Jakubik" To: "Kevin Oberman" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc: WARNING: /dev/apmctl not found X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:24:11 -0000 Kevin Oberman said: > OK. A couple of basics: > 1. What version are you running? I'm guessing 5.3-Stable. > 2. Does /boot/loader.conf disable ACPI? How about /boot/device.hints? > (hw.acpi.0.disabled="1") It is 5.3-STABLE (from Jan 1). The values in /boot are all default. > It looks like you are starting ACPI which will block apm even if it is > in the kernel. Since APM never really starts, no /dev/apmctl is created > and ampd can't start without /dev/apmctl. (Note: You will nave /dev/apm > with either APM or ACPI.) > > Do you want/need to run with APM? On older hardware it is often much > more stable than ACPI, but on newer hardware it is often getting pretty > limited and may be vanishing completely in some cases. ACPI is the way > of the future and, for new hardware may be the only way the system will > run, but, if your system does OK on APM, it may be a safer way to go for > laptops in particular. (I run ACPI on my laptop, but I may just be a bit > crazy.) Ok, i think i may be confsed here. This is a recent (~1 year old) laptop, but basically i want the os to support all the power managment functions, be able to see the battery status, supsend/resume, etc. Is apmd not required for this? Thanks.