On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > >PMAC_APM_EMU does _not_ mean that you should use the apmd package (i386 > >power management daemon). What it does is translate the status messages
> Right. It also adds /dev/apm_bios. You should create this device node. > The APM emulation will notify clients using this device of suspend > and resume sequences, allowing things like XFree86 to suspend & resume > properly. Without this, X might do bad things, like banging accel commands > to a sleeping hardware, or just cause a lockup because DRI was in use > while the kernel tried to put the video chip to sleep. Thanks for the explanation. I have now quickly made a 'cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV apm' (and I suppose I need to restart X...) - Jonas -- Jonas Smedegaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dr.jones.dk/~jonas/ +45 40843136 Spiff ApS (aka. IT-guide dr. Jones ApS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dr.jones.dk/ Debian GNU/Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.debian.org/ fngrprn: C02440B8 YES! I found it: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm (by way of [EMAIL PROTECTED])
