Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754226Ab0LaWFw (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:05:52 -0500 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:38679 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754032Ab0LaWFv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:05:51 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jJSbxeXfk5y4UcT3SV2grO+mIveRgt4+3do/f01pbkdy4ZQ3fmBLutyYi1tExe6NKH E3LePg6h39jksylyJR7LSUoCX3YuSJPKla0Dgdj0rLwuVsww/FLPq4djBEkqk+Q7dLVD P8lWVjfvJtH1Mbe0WazsOEn9ubZ1kKwK0Rpto= Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 00:05:58 +0200 From: Yotam Medini To: Avery Pennarun Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: APM_CONFIG on x86 - Is it possible? Message-ID: <20110101000558.56c77a55@janini.home> In-Reply-To: References: <20101231193858.2c742025@janini.home> <20101231103345.baba0f8c.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20101231212800.1e47f200@janini.home> <20101231113954.dc9adbdf.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20101231234010.0165f0e8@janini.home> Reply-To: yotam.medini@gmail.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.4 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 988 Lines: 33 On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:54:59 -0800 Avery Pennarun wrote: > > I do get: > > > > ?$ sudo modprobe apm > > ?FATAL: Error inserting apm > > ? ?(/lib/modules/2.6.32.yumax/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/apm.ko): No such device > > The output of 'dmesg' might be revealing here. However, it's likely > that your PC doesn't actually support APM unless it's *very* old. You > might want to try ACPI instead. > > Hope this helps. > > Avery Indeed: $ dmesg | grep -i apm [ 52.897795] apm: BIOS not found. I will try to investigate this. But I clearly remember that a few years ago, I could issue: $ cat /proc/apm and see the battery status. Then, I believe, the kernel tree used to have arch/i386. thanks -- yotam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/