Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:04:47 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> Cc: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>, AT Matik <asstec@matik.com.br>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4-REL/KDE3.4 && notebook battery/temperature Message-ID: <20051007190447.81D1D5D0A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:49:41 %2B0900." <ygeek6xtb5m.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
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> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:49:41 +0900 > From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> > > Hi, > > >>>>> On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:23:19 -0700 > >>>>> "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> said: > > oberman> No. You need apm_enable even if you are using ACPI. Most of the battery > oberman> tools use the apm interface which may be emulated with ACPI. This > oberman> requires apm_enable="yes" even if you are not actually using APM. > > No, you don't need apm_enable="yes" to use APM sim with ACPI. You can > see battery status in an output of the apm(8) even when APM Management > is Disabled. The apm(8) doesn't use an API of ACPI but uses an API of > APM. Sorry for the mis-information. I remember having to add apm_enable to my system. I just forgot why. (I think it was for zzz to work.) Thanks for correcting this. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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