> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:14:27 -0500 (EST) > From: "Mike Jakubik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Since a recent buildworld, i have noticed the following on my laptop. > > dmesg output: > -- > > Starting usbd. > /etc/rc: WARNING: /dev/apmctl not found; kernel is missing apm(4) > Starting apmd. > > -- > > My kernel: > -- > # Power management support (see NOTES for more options) > device apm > # Add suspend/resume support for the i8254. > device pmtimer
OK. A couple of basics: 1. What version are you running? I'm guessing 5.3-Stable. 2. Does /boot/loader.conf disable ACPI? How about /boot/device.hints? (hw.acpi.0.disabled="1") It looks like you are starting ACPI which will block apm even if it is in the kernel. Since APM never really starts, no /dev/apmctl is created and ampd can't start without /dev/apmctl. (Note: You will nave /dev/apm with either APM or ACPI.) Do you want/need to run with APM? On older hardware it is often much more stable than ACPI, but on newer hardware it is often getting pretty limited and may be vanishing completely in some cases. ACPI is the way of the future and, for new hardware may be the only way the system will run, but, if your system does OK on APM, it may be a safer way to go for laptops in particular. (I run ACPI on my laptop, but I may just be a bit crazy.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
