apm with kernel 2.4.3

[Sylvester Keil <a9900876@unet.univie.ac.at>]

hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the
kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work.

in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what
my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read
battery status and the computer would shut down and reboot automatically,
apart from that suspend worked fine.

with the 2.4.3 kernel however, i've already tried all kinds of
configurations but the computer never shut down automatically and the
/etc/init.d/apmd causes a crash.

any ideas?

thanks!

amael