-- D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 07:41 AM -0800): > > --- Simon Tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, so this isn't enough to solve the problem. > > I've > > added apm on a new line to /etc/modules and added > > append="apm=on" to lilo.conf (b4 running lilo...) > > BUT > > /proc/apm doesn't exist, so when I try and run apm I > > get the message 'No APM support in kernel'. Am I > > going > > to have to reconfigure the kernel (how?) or what? > > Thanks.... > > > Simon, > From what you just said, you need to do a apt-get > install apmd . Then from what I see you did not run > lilo after you changed it so I would open lilo.conf in > your favorite editor, make sure that append="apm=on" > is there, save it and then run lilo. > If you then do shutdown -r now as su or root the > system will reboot. The next time that you shutdown > your laptop, it should shutdown correctly. > If memory serves me correctly, I did not have to > load a apm configured kernel on my system for this > procedure to work. I recently installed Debian on an old P-120 laptop, and I *did* have to install an apm configured kernel for apmd to work.
But give it whirl and see what happens. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]