>>>>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joey> I just installed kernel 2.2.12 on my laptop, and was having
Joey> some trouble getting apm working. it said "apm disabled on
Joey> user request" at boot time. Well, some grepping the kernel
Joey> sources found that passing "apm=on" to the kernel at boot time
Joey> enables it now. I can't find any record or docs of this
Joey> change.
Oh! So that's how it's done. I was wondering. I compiled apm into the
kernel, and for reasons, which I had no time to explore, I kept getting
"no apm in kernel" error messages from the various apm programs.
Thanks Joey!
Joey> This strikes me as potentially a very good change. Wouldn't it
Joey> mean we can build apm into our stock kernels now? It will be
Joey> off by default, but laptop users can turn it own w/o too much
Joey> bother.
Well, we definitely need to get the word out on how to turn it on. This
is not obvious.
Brian
