Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:20:45 -0500 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> To: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APM not even a sign Message-ID: <200206221620.45619.dsyphers@uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020622205830.A8B59481B46@pfepa.post.tele.dk> References: <GIEELJEJOBIMBIMFKPNKGEFLCEAA.jogegabsd@myrealbox.com> <20020622205830.A8B59481B46@pfepa.post.tele.dk>
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On Saturday 22 June 2002 03:59 pm, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen wrote:
> On Friday 21 June 2002 23:24, jogegabsd wrote:
> > Hello all. I'm trying to run apm on my laptop with 4.6-RELEASE.
> > Now I had also this problem with 4.5-RELEASE.
> > I reconfigure my kernel from this
>
> How do you build your kernel? By "the new way" ('make buildkernel
> KERNCONF=MYKERNEL' etc.)?
>
> I just went through the same hell this afternoon trying to get apm working
on
> my ThinkPad. Followed every guidelines. Didn't work. (device not
configured).
>
> Then I just went in and build the kernel "the old way"
>
> #cd /usr/src/sys/i386/config
> #/usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL
> #cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL
> #make depend
> #make
> #make install
>
> Voila... suddenly apm worked like a charm.... isn't the first time "the new
> way" have given me headaches.
I belive the "new way" is _only_ for when you're upgrading the entire system -
it's for use between buildworld and installworld. The "old way" is still the
way for when you're just building your kernel.
Did you actually check to see if a new kernel was being installed?
-David
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