Re: why no apm after re-install and support selected in recompiled kernel?
is your machine dual processor? did you select SMP support in the
kernel?
if the answer is both then linux will most likely disable APM when it
boots, because according to Alan Cox(I think) no APM calls are SMP safe.
if the answer is no to the first and yes to the second, linux still may
do it im not sure.
you can override the kernel i think(by adding a line to lilo) if this is
the situation, im not sure what it is though, i curse power management
on everything, i avoid it like the plague!! nothing but problems for
me:(
nate
Glyn Millington wrote:
>
> Hey I've got sound!! But also another problem. APM seems to
> have disappeared.........
>
> After my first install of Potato I recompiled the kernel trying
> to organise sound and APM - simply clicked on the first "enable
> apm" option and it worked nicely, powering down when we get to
> the "power off" message at shutdown.
>
> For various reasons I decided to re-install (all bad no doubt)
> and now after five recompiles I cannot persuade the kernel to
> work, despite having asked for it to be built into the kernel. (I
> still have the problem that a recompiled kernel simply cannot find
> the modules I asked to be installed, this despite several
> detailed and very helpful answers on the list)
> Is there a package that I haven't installed this time round that
> must have been there by default on my first try? (apmd is up and
> running according to boot up message - it shuts down before the
> computer does!!)
>
> Any help would be most appreciated as my machine here doesn't
> have an off-switch - have to unplug to shut it down.......
>
> Thanks for help thus far
>
> Glyn M
>
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