RE: enabling apm on laptop
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Weier O'Phinney [mailto:matthew@weierophinney.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 7:20 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: enabling apm on laptop
>
>
> -- Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk> wrote
> (on Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 05:22 AM +0000):
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:24:01PM +0000, Simon Tod wrote:
> > > I've had several different response to this problem...
> > > I did run lilo after altering lilo.conf and already
> > > have apmd installed - I get a 'No APM support in
> > > kernel' message with this as well.
> > > I don't get anywhere with the 'modprobe apm'
> > > suggestions (don't know what modprobe is and can't
> > > find it to install).
> >
> > I can't believe it wouldn't be installed. You just type
> >
> > modprobe apm
> >
> > at the command prompt. Think you have to be root.
> Some of the lightweight kernels available don't have apm support
> available. I know -- my first install on my wife's old laptop utilized
> one of these.
>
> > > I don't know what kernel I have installed. Yes, I'm
> > > sure that there's an easy way to find this out!
> >
> > uname -r
> If you have a kernel ending with the characters 'bf', it's one of the
> kernels without apm support. Easiest way to swap kernels is to install
> one of the regular 386 series (without the bf!), and then uninstall
> (apt-get remove) the old one. You'll need to reboot for the changes to
> take effect. You should find that modprobe apm works now, and that apmd
> finds it.
I don't think this is true. I'm running sid with 2.4bf and I was able to
"apt-get install apmd" with no problems.
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