Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:04:57 +0200 From: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> To: past@netmode.ntua.gr Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APM support on Compaq Presario 1700 laptop Message-ID: <3A263459.99FCA160@cequrux.com> References: <3A262B43.1DD8AAC9@cequrux.com> <20001130144447.B3015@netmode.ece.ntua.gr>
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Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 12:26:11PM +0200, Graham Wheeler wrote: > > Of greater concern to me is the fact that FreeBSD doesn't seem to > > recognise the APM BIOS on this laptop. I have the apm driver configured > > into the kernel, and /dev/apm exists, but any attempt to run an APM > > related program returns a "/dev/apm: device not configured" error (and > > needless to say, commands like "halt -p" don't work). grepping for apm > > in the output of dmesg returns nothing. > > Did you remove the 'disabled' string from the apm line in the kernel > config? Yes; this is the same kernel config file as I used previously with the 1600 laptop - and the APM stuff worked fine on that. -- Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com Director, Research and Development WWW: http://www.cequrux.com CEQURUX Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065 Firewalls/VPN Specialists Fax: +27(21)424-3656 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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