Re: enabling apm on laptop

[Matthew Weier O'Phinney <matthew@weierophinney.net>]

-- Simon Tod <todsr1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote
(on Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 05:15 PM +0000):
> Okay, so 'uname -r' yields 2.4.19 and modprobe does
> exist (wasn't running it as root...) but 'modprobe
> apm' yields the response modprobe: Can't locate module
> apm. Now I have apm installed and it's in the file
> /etc/modules BUT I cannot find a compiled file apm.o
> in /lib/modules/2.4.19 or any of its subdirectories...
> SO WHAT NOW?

Do you know what kind of processor you're using -- AMD K7 or K6/-II/-III?
Pentium/II/III/IV? Celeron? 

Install one of the following kernels:
    AMD K6: kernel-image-2.4.19-k6
    AMD K7: kernel-image-2.4.19-k7
    i386 (generic for 386 or 486 machines): kernel-image-2.4.19-386
    Pentium (classic): kernel-image-2.4.19-586tsc
    Pentium (pro/mmx/II/III/IV) or Celeron: kernel-image-2.4.19-686 

'uname -r' should then give, respectivey:
    2.4.19-k6
    2.4.19-k7
    2.4.19-386
    2.4.19-586tsc
    2.4.19-686

>From what you've noted, it doesn't sound like any of these are
installed; all of these *should* have apm enabled, which will allow you
to use apmd and/or just 'modprobe apm' (as root).

-- 
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matthew@weierophinney.net