I was going to just respond to myself again, but I see I generated some
discussion :)
Anyway, In the
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=1012
page at least two people mentioned the ATAidle utility. It is not recommended
for the same reason APM isn't: devices sleep without OS co
On 11/13/09, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Hi--
>
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 3:54 PM, David Allen wrote:
>>> I'd consider adding something to /etc/rc.d/mountcritlocal (which
>>> normally mounts the local filesystems) to setup a RAMdisk on /var and
>>> then do "rsync -a /var_template /var" (or use a dump/restor
Hi--
On Nov 13, 2009, at 3:54 PM, David Allen wrote:
I'd consider adding something to /etc/rc.d/mountcritlocal (which
normally mounts the local filesystems) to setup a RAMdisk on /var and
then do "rsync -a /var_template /var" (or use a dump/restore or tar
pipeline).
At the risk of sounding obt
On 11/13/09, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Hi, David--
>
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:48 PM, David Allen wrote:
>> There are options available in /etc/defaults/rc.conf to do just that,
>> but how does one copy over the contents of /var at system boot?
>
> I'd consider adding something to /etc/rc.d/mountcritloc
Hi, David--
On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:48 PM, David Allen wrote:
There are options available in /etc/defaults/rc.conf to do just that,
but how does one copy over the contents of /var at system boot?
I'd consider adding something to /etc/rc.d/mountcritlocal (which
normally mounts the local filesys
On 11/13/09, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Hi--
>
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 12:15 PM, James Phillips wrote:
>> I initially set the time-out to 60 seconds, then 300 seconds in a
>> vain attempt to see the actual power savings. With a 900 second time-
>> out, the drive only spun down once in the past 12 hours.
Hi--
On Nov 13, 2009, at 12:15 PM, James Phillips wrote:
I initially set the time-out to 60 seconds, then 300 seconds in a
vain attempt to see the actual power savings. With a 900 second time-
out, the drive only spun down once in the past 12 hours.
It appears that syslogd can defer *one* lo
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:28:10 -0800 (PST)
> From: James Phillips
> Subject: APM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <784120.47330...@web65508.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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>
>
> I realize the memory can&
Hello,
On Tuesday, I was all happy that I got APM working on my pre-2000 Compaq
Deskpro following these instructions:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=4619
On Wednesday, after configuring the router to wake the server whenever DHCP
leases are touched (quick&dirty hack), I
Hi,
I successfully installed wpi driver and it works great. I'm using acpi.
But my screen doesn't go off when I close the lid, and I read
that apm could do the trick. So I disabled acpi and enabled apm.
Woohoo! The screen shutdowns as predicted. BUT, the wpi driver
won't work a
Figure this may get more attention - LOL !!!
Message: 6
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 07:31:50 +0100
From: "Graham Bentley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ACPI / APM Question
To:
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I am running
Here is output :-
rackserver# sysctl hw.acpi
hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S4 S5
hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5
hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1
hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
hw.acpi.standby_state: S1
hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3
hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1
hw.acpi.s4bios: 0
hw.acpi.verbose: 0
hw.acpi.
I am running 6.0 on a little rackserver.
Alot of the time its inactive and I was
wondering about trying to setup ACPI
the main reason being to spin down the
disc / PSU so its a bit quieter (its in my
office) I would require it to wake on
LAN activity. How feasable is this
and what steps do I need
ixed? Is there a
fixed / improved ASL for this laptop?
Also, what is the difference between "ACPI works under Windows because
uses it 'real mode' "... ? ( I think i read it in some docs about acpi)
So I had to fall back onto APM, which is definitely not my fav. option.
IBM
offers ( INET36WW
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=DSHY-46HLKQ).
I've searched google quite a bit on how to get this laptop properly working
in FreeBSD. I'm using APM on my system, one thing I noticed is that when
running 'apm' the Remaining battery ti
how to get this laptop properly working
in FreeBSD. I'm using APM on my system, one thing I noticed is that when
running 'apm' the Remaining battery time is not consistent, it jumps from
2:00:00 to 3:05:00 back to 2:35:00 it's really all over the place. The
Remaining battery do
Hi.
You need to edit "/boot/device.hints" and, at the line that is about
disabling "apm", and for which the actual value is "1", change it for
"0".
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Hi.
As written in the subject, my computer freezes at the point it should
load APM. However, it does boot in safe mode, and "shutdown -p now"
works perfectly.
Moreover, unfortunatly, when I boot in safe mode, only one of my two
processors is being used (it is therefore impossible to a
wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x; event status 0x8000
: init failed
device_attach: wi0 attach returned 6
Then I tried to use apm instead. (worked fine in FreeBSD 4.)
But i've compiled device apm into the kernel but I don't have
any /dev/apm.
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Peter
I'm trying to get APM to work (ACPI makes the kernel crap itself when I
insert or remove a pcmcia card into my Armada m700 notebook) and load
the apm.ko from loader.conf. However, it doesn't seem to create the
necessary device entry /dev/apm, and apmd and apm(8) complain about
tha
ume
to restore the network connection.
I have some glitches that were also present (or worse) using apm. I would assume
all this works much better on newer hardware.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Eric Schuele wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In attempting to get sound working on a Dell 7500 Inspiron (cira
tches that were also present (or worse) using apm. I would assume
all this works much better on newer hardware.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Eric Schuele wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In attempting to get sound working on a Dell 7500 Inspiron (cira 1994) I
> > tried
> > ma
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In attempting to get sound working on a Dell 7500 Inspiron (cira 1994) I tried
many combinations of ACPI and APM thinking that my sound problems stemmed from
interrupt or irq/pnp problems. That turned out not to be the case. Now
everything is working, but I am using a
In attempting to get sound working on a Dell 7500 Inspiron (cira 1994) I tried
many combinations of ACPI and APM thinking that my sound problems stemmed from
interrupt or irq/pnp problems. That turned out not to be the case. Now
everything is working, but I am using a combination of the two as
Hi list,
I simply can't get APM to work on this laptop.
It is a travelmate 4002WLMi (P-M 1.6) on which I've just installed
FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE, and built a custom kernel with apm, apm_saver and
acpi (also tried with only apm, apm+apm_saver, and now apm+apm_saver+acpi)
I had set th
Hi list. I've got a very strange problem with FreeBSD 4.10 and APM.
After waking up the machine after a zzz, ppp will dials up but nothing
works; I have no ftp access, www navigators don't work, etc ...
I've got FreeBSD installed on a HP Pavilion 8515. Everything else
seems to
compiling apm into my GENERIC
kernel.
Thoughts appreciated
Kjell
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Duane, there have always been issues with this aspect of APM. I
have found it sufficient to run two X servers to handle the issue.
Most of my software runs in an X session without DRI enabled and
then when I want to run accelerated 3D I just start up another X
session with DRI enabled.
For
Does anybody know if there is a workaround for the problem with DRI and
APM within X?
If I load the DRI module in my XF86Config file, and attempt to suspend
my laptop, the system freezes on resume, then reboots.
If I comment out the line "Load dri" out of the Module section in
"dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, there is a kernel apm module. I've also disabled acpi via device.hints,
> and enabled apm via that file as well. I've also put apm_enable in rc.conf.
> Is this overkill?
Is the kernel module *loaded*?
[I fixed up m
Hello,
Yes, there is a kernel apm module. I've also disabled acpi via device.hints,
and enabled apm via that file as well. I've also put apm_enable in rc.conf.
Is this overkill?
Thanks.
Dave.
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nt.apm.0.disabled="0"
> hint.apm.0.flags="0x20"
> I next have to enable apm and get it to do system power downs when a
> shutdown -h or halt -p is issued. This is not working. I get the "press any
> key to reboot" but the system never pow
ray wrote:
ok i did that and got it to go in standby mode but i couldnt resume it
> by tapping keys on the keyboard.
>>
Do a dmesg | grep apm. If that gets you a line saying something like
apm0: ... or something like that, it's software disabled. Try
an apm -e enable. Then
ray wrote:
i did all that :)
i added apmd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and i also removed the disable line from my kernel config.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 03:13:56PM +0200, Henrik W Lund wrote:
ray wrote:
hi, i have a Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ660 laptop and i'm trying to get apm
to work.
Hello,
I've got a 5.x system, an older box that doesn't use acpi. My first item is
i need to disable acpi. I believe i have done this. I have the following in
/boot/device.hints:
hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
hint.apm.0.disabled="0"
hint.apm.0.flags="0x20"
I
ray wrote:
hi, i have a Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ660 laptop and i'm trying to get apm
to work. i have the apmd running. apm displays this:
~# apm
APM version: 1.2
APM Management: Disabled
Look here!
My guess is that you've left the line apm_enable=ye
hi, i have a Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ660 laptop and i'm trying to get apm to work. i have the
apmd running. apm displays this:
~# apm
APM version: 1.2
APM Management: Disabled
AC Line status: on-line
Battery status: unknown
Remaining battery life: unknown
Remaining battery time: unknown
Numb
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, matthew wrote:
> One would make sure that
>
> device apm0at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power Management
>
> is in their running kernel.
Not with that "disable" in there, which disables it. On every desktop
system I've tr
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, matthew wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Sara Trice wrote:
>
> > I can't get the APM on this to work for anything. I have tried putting:
> >
> > apm_load="YES"
> >
> > in my /boot/loader.conf file, and the lines:
>
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Sara Trice wrote:
> I can't get the APM on this to work for anything. I have tried putting:
>
> apm_load="YES"
>
> in my /boot/loader.conf file, and the lines:
>
> apm_enable="YES"
> apmd_enable="YES"
>
>
I can't get the APM on this to work for anything. I have tried putting:
apm_load="YES"
in my /boot/loader.conf file, and the lines:
apm_enable="YES"
apmd_enable="YES"
in my /etc/rc.conf file.
I run apm -a and it tells me:
apm: can't open /dev/apm: Devi
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Julian Holley wrote:
> Hi all - I'm still having problems persuading my laptop to work with apm
> - apparently my machine should work on 4.9 - I have re-compiled with apm
> enabled, set rc.conf to enable apm etc, but apmd, apm will not operate
> and
Julian,
Did you try to add the following line to your /boot/kernel.conf file?
en apm
and make sure the file ends with a q all by itself on a line.
Unfortunately I have quite some issues with either apm or acpi on my
Dell laptop as well when installing FBSD 5.2; it stops during boot when
a
Hi all - I'm still having problems persuading my laptop to work with apm
- apparently my machine should work on 4.9 - I have re-compiled with apm
enabled, set rc.conf to enable apm etc, but apmd, apm will not operate
and gives the message :-
apm device not configured, although /dev/apm does
I just installed 4.8 from the BSDMall CD on my 3 year old IBM
A20p. APM worked in 4.6 but no longer does. FreeBSD's XFree86
never worked (RedHat has always worked just fine). I have a
commercial X server that worked fine under 4.6 but was broken
by changes to libc in 4.8.
Has anyone else g
So
I have just posted this question in freebsd-current.
That's good or not ?
>
> It is my understanding that ACPI depreciates APM, and that APM was mainly
> used in the 4.x branch. If anyone is the wiser, please correct me.
I'm newcomer on freebsd (before I work several
This is better suited towards freebsd-questions, so I'm going to copy this
to that list.
It is my understanding that ACPI depreciates APM, and that APM was mainly
used in the 4.x branch. If anyone is the wiser, please correct me.
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Eric
- Original Message -
From: "Arman
Hi,
I have installed a FreeBSD 5.1 on my Laptop (Compaq Armada E500).
I have a problem with the power management :
- I can't use the ACPI module : the kernel can't be loaded.
OK no problem !
As I saw within many FAQs, it's normal (it depends on the type of the laptop).
- I would
Anyone who's using FreeBSD with a laptop:
I'm having problems with my hard drive spinning down (sleeping) every 30 seconds.
Is that something that's controllable in FreeBSD? I don't see it in BIOS.
Is it a kernel thing?
This thing sleeps and wakes, sleeps and wakes about every 15 seconds.
Ever
Hi, I have this configuration:
MoBo MSI KT4 Ultra
CPU Athlon XP 2400+
Matrox G450
I'd like to keep my computer in standby when I don't
use it , but if I give the command : apm -Z in the
console appears : ata0: resetting devices...
And the system locks up . The Suspend mode works
per
--- Tijl Coosemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: >
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:03:53 +0100 (CET), Mica
> Telodico wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've installed FreeBSD 4.7 and I'd like to get
> enabled
> > the APM support. I know that I can enable it
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:03:53 +0100 (CET), Mica Telodico wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed FreeBSD 4.7 and I'd like to get enabled
> the APM support. I know that I can enable it by
> compile it in the kernel, but I've read about another
> system that consist in the
> I've installed FreeBSD 4.7 and I'd like to get enabled
> the APM support. I know that I can enable it by
> compile it in the kernel, but I've read about another
> system that consist in the writing of a line in the
> /boot/loader.conf (enable apm0) but at start the
Hi,
I've installed FreeBSD 4.7 and I'd like to get enabled
the APM support. I know that I can enable it by
compile it in the kernel, but I've read about another
system that consist in the writing of a line in the
/boot/loader.conf (enable apm0) but at start the
loader says
nd where the
> X keyboard mappings are stored. Can anyone help me out?
>
> Also, I thought I'd ask in the same message: what are the advantages and
> disadvantages of ACPI versus APM?
I'm not an expert in this area, but maybe these tips will help. First,
try launching the X
ought I'd ask in the same message: what are the advantages and
disadvantages of ACPI versus APM?
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Subject: Re: /dev/apm: device not configured
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:35:40AM -0500, John Bleichert wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to use apmd on my Thinkpad but I can't seem to figure it out. I
> > have the support
evice 7.3 on pci0
> intpm0: I/O mapped efa0
> intpm0: intr IRQ 9 enabled revision 0
> intpm0: PM I/O mapped ef00
>
> but as you can see, no /dev/apm0 (which I'm expecting to be in dmesg). If
> I try to use it, it fails:
>
> johnnyb:~ > apm -l
> apm: can't open
PM I/O mapped ef00
but as you can see, no /dev/apm0 (which I'm expecting to be in dmesg). If
I try to use it, it fails:
johnnyb:~ > apm -l
apm: can't open /dev/apm: Device not configured
Any hints on where I'm going wrong? I have
apmd_enable="YES"
in rc.conf and
> > Mine is currently
> > device apm0
> >
> > (FreeBSD 4.7)
> >> end of "APM" from Derision <<
>
> Make sure you also have:
> apm_enable="YES"
> apmd_enable="YES"
>
> in your /etc/rc.conf.
>
On Dec 28 Adam Weinberger wrote:
> >> (12.28.2002 @ 2157 PST): Derision said, in 0.4K: <<
> > What is the correct line in the kernel config for
> > making halt -p work?
> >
> > Mine is currently
> > device apm0
> >
> > (Free
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>> (12.28.2002 @ 2157 PST): Derision said, in 0.4K: <<
> What is the correct line in the kernel config for
> making halt -p work?
>
> Mine is currently
> deviceapm0
>
> (FreeBSD 4.7)
>> end o
What is the correct line in the kernel config for
making halt -p work?
Mine is currently
device apm0
(FreeBSD 4.7)
Regards,
Greg Smith
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Hello,
what's the difference of the green and apm-console-saver?
Are there restrictions when running X11?
-Hanspeter
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Hi,
Sleep mode works when I manually do apm -z or
equivalently zzz. The problem is it is not
automatically invoked when the computer is idol for 20
mins. which I have set my bios for.
dmesg gives:
apm0: on motherboard
apm: found APM BIOS v1.2, connected at v1.2
so the device is being
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