Kevin Oberman said: > 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 is 5.3-STABLE (from Jan 1). The values in /boot are all default. > 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.) Ok, i think i may be confsed here. This is a recent (~1 year old) laptop, but basically i want the os to support all the power managment functions, be able to see the battery status, supsend/resume, etc. Is apmd not required for this? Thanks. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
