Re: APM Kernel Support

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--- Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 09:42:11PM -0400, Lovell Mcilwain wrote:
>  > Even though APM is supposed to be compiled into the kernel on FC4 "so I 
>  > understand", is there documentation somewhere that explains how to 
>  > recompile the kernel with APM support?  I have tried googling it but
> really 
>  > didn't have any luck on finding something specific to APM.
>  > 
>  > I have tried the following (That makes me believe there is no Kernel 
>  > Support):
>  > Append acpi=off in the grub.conf file, I tried to susped my machine and I 
>  > got the following:
>  > They Suspend Command '/usr/bin/apm -s' was unsucssful" and if I do it from
> 
>  > the command line it tells me "No APM Support in Kernel".
>  > 
>  > That is the same error that I get when I don't have "acpi=off" to the 
>  > grub.conf file.
> 
> CONFIG_APM=y in Fedora kernels. ACPI will override this, but acpi=off
> should do the right thing.  What does your dmesg say when you boot
> with this option ? Do you have a /proc/apm ?
> 
> 		Dave
> 
And how does one get ACPI to work for putting the laptop to sleep, is there any
reference?

Many thanks!


		
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