Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:17:13 -0500 From: David Magda <dmagda@magda.ca> To: Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 7K and APM Message-ID: <20021208141710.GA269@number6.magda.ca> In-Reply-To: <20021208131619D.hanche@math.ntnu.no> References: <20021207232042.GA9471@number6.magda.ca> <20021208131619D.hanche@math.ntnu.no>
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On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 01:16:19PM +0100, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote: > FWIW, I have been using > > device apm0 at nexus? flags 0x20 # Advanced Power Management > > on my Inspirons, and it has worked fine on my 3500 from 3.3 to 4.7. > (I haven't gotten around to 5.0 yet, but may want to run it on my > brand new 4150. For now, the above works fine on this one too.) Well I have nothing left to lose: I'll try it in a couple of days (after my last exam). > No, that only indicates a missing device file. Fix by going to /dev > and running ./MAKEDEV apm (you may wish to do ./MAKEDEV apmctl too). The 5 series uses devfs, so device files are created dynamically. If you go into the source of apm(4) you'll see that upon initialization, it calls the make_dev() kernel function call which tells the devfs system to create a /dev entry. -- David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca> Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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