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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:15:11 -0600
From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>
To: Arnfinn Aas Eielsen <aeielsen@nextra.com>
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Subject: Re: APM on FreeBSD 4.2
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In-Reply-To: <000f01c0b663$c33323a0$ca5cfea9@venom>; from aeielsen@nextra.com on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:14:09PM -0800
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APM was not enabled in my GENERIC kernel. You might see something like:

device	apm0	at nexus? disable flags 0x20

This means that APM is disabled. To enable it, rebuild your kernel with
the "disable" part removed. Note that on some machines (most notably
mine), this can cause weird problems, like the machine locking up at
boot time (again I speak with first-hand experience).

If it works, and you have the appropriate devices (see /dev/MAKEDEV if
you don't), these commands should work.

Good luck.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:14:09PM -0800, Arnfinn Aas Eielsen wrote:
>    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"
>
>    I looked in the "rc.conf" file which says:
>    
>        apm_enable="YES"
>        apmd_enable="YES"
>        apmd_flags="-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
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Andrew Hesford
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