Re: apm and pmud on newest benh kernels
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>For those of you using the newest benh kernels with PMAC_APM_EMU, here's
>my experience:
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>PMAC_APM_EMU does _not_ mean that you should use the apmd package (i386
>power management daemon). What it does is translate the status messages
>from pmud (Powerpc power management daemon) so that the Gnome Battery
>monitor Applet and others works on the PowerPC platform as well.
Right. It also adds /dev/apm_bios. You should create this device node.
The APM emulation will notify clients using this device of suspend
and resume sequences, allowing things like XFree86 to suspend & resume
properly. Without this, X might do bad things, like banging accel commands
to a sleeping hardware, or just cause a lockup because DRI was in use
while the kernel tried to put the video chip to sleep.
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