> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Weier O'Phinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: enabling apm on laptop > ........ > I used to compile my kernels by hand, as it sped up the boot process and > allowed non-standard hardware (until two years ago, many distros didn't > ship with USB support enabled as it was still considered experimental, > and many didn't enable APM in their kernels by default) -- but this was > using different distros than debian. > > APM support is one of the kernel options at compile time -- you can have > it compiled statically (i.e., loads all the time) or as a module (loads > if requested), or not at all. > > Basically, my experience with the bf2.4 kernels (it wasn't until after > I'd re-installed our desktop machine's kernel that I realized these were > the boot floppy kernels) is that they don't have APM compiled in any way > -- hence the need to install a regular kernel for your architecture. > > But if your machine is working with one, send the list the kernel-image > package name you used as it's another option for the OP.
I'm not sure what you mean by OP. 'uname -r' returns '2.4.18-bf2.4'. It's what I got from installing sid with the bf2.4 option, which was the only way I found to get a 2.4 series kernel. apm is definitely not compiled in. I'm loading it via the module system. lsmod shows: Module Size Used by Not tainted apm 9116 2 (autoclean) maestro3 25416 1 ac97_codec 9568 0 [maestro3] soundcore 3204 2 [maestro3] 3c59x 24616 1 keybdev 1664 0 (unused) input 3040 0 [keybdev] usb-uhci 20676 0 (unused) usbcore 48000 1 [usb-uhci] USB, BTW, also works for my purposes. I suspect PCMCIA doesn't work though but I don't need that so much. OT: I had huge problems with compiling my own kernels. Mounting CD roms would corrupt my harddisk. Since each try to get it working involved destroying my installation, I quickly lost patience with the exercise and stuck to the prebuilt kernels. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
