Bug#260163: kernel: CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y blocks APM
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 01:24:12AM +0200, Csaba Henk wrote:
> APM doesn't work in the 2.6.* Debian kernels (in the ones I tried, ie.
> 2.6.3-2 and 2.6.6-1): if I wanted to use APM, I always got an
> "APM: BIOS not found" message.
>
> My guess that it is due to the CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y setting used in the config
> of these kernels. If you happen to find that I'm right, please set this
> option to "no".
CONFIG_EMBEDDED has nothing to do with APM. More likely, your machine
simply doesn't support APM -- this is what the message is trying to
tell you. Has APM ever worked for you on this machine with any kernel?
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