On Mit, 2002-03-13 at 19:11, Gerhard Reuteler wrote: > since I did apt-get upgrade > apt-get dist-upgrade to woody > I have no working pmud. Reinstalling did not help. > > pismo:/home/gerhard# pmud -d > pmud[1699]: pmud [treshold = 420, margin = 15] started > pmud[1699]: daemon stopped (/etc/power/pwrctl is insecure, cannot start) > > What does this mean?
The file permissions probably allowed non-privileged users to write to it. > Well I removed this file, but only after > deinstalling anfd installing several times without success, because apt > -get It could not remove /etc/power because it was not empty. After that > the installation of pmud brought /etc/power/apm. Do I need the file > /etc/power/pwrctl? Yes, it's the pmud configuration file. Remove it and apt-get --reinstall install pmud. PS: I recommend aptitude as a powerful and easy to use APT frontend. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
