Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:29:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Kenneth Ingham <ingham@fatman.i-pi.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/7869: Improved error messages from apm Message-ID: <199809090329.VAA08519@fatman.i-pi.com>
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>Number: 7869
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Improved error messages from apm
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 8 20:40:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Kenneth Ingham
>Organization:
Kenneth Ingham Consulting
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
When apm cannot open /dev/apm
>Description:
When apm cannot open /dev/apm, the error message does not give clues as
to why it cannot open the device.
>How-To-Repeat:
I didn't have apm enabled in the kernel. However, this was not obvious
from the error message.
>Fix:
Apply this patch to /usr/src/usr.sbin/apm/apm.c
*** apm.c Tue Sep 8 21:23:05 1998
--- apm.c.orig Tue Sep 8 21:22:04 1998
***************
*** 25,31 ****
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
- #include <errno.h>
#include <machine/apm_bios.h>
#define APMDEV "/dev/apm"
--- 25,30 ----
***************
*** 161,167 ****
finish_option:
fd = open(APMDEV, O_RDWR);
if (fd == -1) {
! warnx("can't open %s: %s", APMDEV, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
if (sleep)
--- 160,166 ----
finish_option:
fd = open(APMDEV, O_RDWR);
if (fd == -1) {
! warnx("can't open %s", APMDEV);
return 1;
}
if (sleep)
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