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From: Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net>
To: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
Cc: Guillaume <amyfoub@videotron.ca>,
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Subject: Re: APM not even a sign
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Thanks for clearing that dc0 vs. dc issue. ;) I forget exact syntax at
times.

* * * * * * * *
Matt Snow
 (@) drama@slakin.net
 (w) http://slakin.net.

On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, David Syphers wrote:

> On Friday 21 June 2002 11:22 pm, Matt Snow wrote:
> > I went through hell with this and found the solution on accident.
> >
> > make sure you have the following:
> >
> > in KERNEL:
> > device              apm0    at nexus?
> > device		    dc0
> >
> > in your /etc/rc.conf:
> > apm_enable="YES"
> > apmd_enable="YES"
> >
> > recompile your kernel and install it and you should be good to go.
> > I hope this works for you, it worked with 4.5 on my vaio.
>
> That you need apm0 and apm_enable is clear from the FreeBSD docs (e.g.
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.html).
> That you also need apmd_enable doesn't seem to be mentioned there, but is
> clear to anyone who reads /etc/defaults/rc.conf (as everyone should at least
> once).  The "device dc0" makes no sense at all.  This is not a valid device
> in -stable (LINT does not list it).  Device dc (without the 0) is a PCI NIC,
> which you may need to access the internet, but not to use APM.
>
> -David
>
> --
> Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand...
>
> Astronomy and Astrophysics Center
> The University of Chicago
>


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