Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:56:36 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org, "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Subject: Re: Who has info on APM? Message-ID: <XFMail.011002145635.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011002120949.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On 02-Oct-01 John Baldwin wrote: > > On 02-Oct-01 Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: >> On Monday 01 October 2001 23:32, Mike Smith wrote: >>> > Where do I look for pointers on APM systems in particular models of >>> > laptops? I have an R505-TL and the APM stuff is not quite working and >>> > I'd like to fix that. Pointers please? >>> >>> As a general rule, you don't, because the information you're looking for >>> isn't available. >>> >>> You should get yourself a copy of the APM standards (I typically go through >>> hwdev.microsoft.com and rummage around) and start experimenting; the actual >>> problem is likely to be obscure, and may involve some disassembly of your >>> BIOS. >>> >>> It's also worth noting that APM in modern laptops is severely deprecated, >>> and your BIOS may in fact be entirely broken. >> >> If APM is severely depricated, how *is* one supposed to monitor battery >> life, >> power off on shutdown, and all that? > > sysctl hw.acpi has battery status. Note that with ACPI, not only does > shutdown > -p now power off the machine, but pressing the power button will invoke a > nice > clean shutdown followed by poweroff. :) I'd like to see you do that with > APM. >:) My bad, I'm too used to -current. ACPI isn't present in -stable. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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