Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:14:09 -0800 From: "Arnfinn Aas Eielsen" <aeielsen@nextra.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: APM on FreeBSD 4.2 Message-ID: <000f01c0b663$c33323a0$ca5cfea9@venom>
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Hello
I have just installed FreeBSD 4.2 on my "Toshiba 4000cds" laptop =
computer. Since it does not have unlimited battery capacity I'm trying =
to figure out how to use the APM functionality in FreeBSD. I have used =
Amigas and Macs all my life so unix is a new world to me, and I'm not =
very good at this configuring and setting up things in textfiles (yet).
So this is the story:
I ran the "apm -z" and I got the message "apm:can't open /dev/apm: =
device not configured".
I ran "apmd -v -d" and I got the message "apmd:cannot open device file =
/dev/apmctl: Device not configured".
I looked in the /dev directory and there was a file there called "apm" =
and another one called "apmctl". Just in case i ran "./MAKEDEV apm" and =
"./MAKEDEV apmctl" in hope that that might do some magic, which it =
didn't.
I looked in the "rc.conf" file which says:
apm_enable=3D"YES"
apmd_enable=3D"YES"
apmd_flags=3D"-d -v"
Then I scratched my head, and after that I looked in the configuration =
file for the GENERIC kernel, and it said that apm was enabled. I even =
tried to make my own configuration file and kernel and I actually made =
it work too (and thought to myself that I was getting pretty good at =
these unix things), but after booting the new kernel the problems was =
still there.
So now I don't know what to do.
And any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Arnfinn Aas Eielsen
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello</FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have just installed FreeBSD 4.2 on my =
"Toshiba=20
4000cds" laptop computer. Since it does not have unlimited battery =
capacity I'm=20
trying to figure out how to use the APM functionality in FreeBSD. I have =
used=20
Amigas and Macs all my life so unix is a new world to me, and I'm not =
very good=20
at this configuring and setting up things in textfiles =
(yet).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So this is the story:<BR>I ran the "apm =
-z" and I got the message "apm:can't open /dev/apm: device not=20
configured".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I ran "apmd -v -d" and I got the =
message=20
"apmd:cannot open device file /dev/apmctl: Device not =
configured".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I looked in the /dev directory and =
there was a file=20
there called "apm" and another one called "apmctl". Just in case i ran=20
"./MAKEDEV apm" and "./MAKEDEV apmctl" in hope that that might do =
some=20
magic, which it didn't.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I looked in the "rc.conf" file=20
which says:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
apm_enable=3D"YES"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
apmd_enable=3D"YES"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> apmd_flags=3D"-d =
-v"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Then I scratched my head, and after =
that I looked=20
in the configuration file for the GENERIC kernel, and it said that =
apm was=20
enabled. I even tried to make my own configuration file and kernel and I =
actually made it work too (and thought to myself that I was getting =
pretty good=20
at these unix things), but after booting the new kernel the problems was =
still=20
there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So now I don't know what to =
do.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And any help would be greatly=20
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Many thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Arnfinn Aas =
Eielsen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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