Julian, Did you try to add the following line to your /boot/kernel.conf file?
en apm and make sure the file ends with a q all by itself on a line. Unfortunately I have quite some issues with either apm or acpi on my Dell laptop as well when installing FBSD 5.2; it stops during boot when a battery is connected and ACPI not disabled. It crashes on resume and my 3Com PCMCIA ethernet card stops working sometimes, needing an ifconfig down; ifconfig up. Maybe the PC-card problem is not apm/ACPI related? On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 04:27:53PM +0000, Julian Holley wrote: > Hi all - I'm still having problems persuading my laptop to work with apm > - apparently my machine should work on 4.9 - I have re-compiled with apm > enabled, set rc.conf to enable apm etc, but apmd, apm will not operate > and gives the message :- > > apm device not configured, although /dev/apm does exist !? > > what do I have to do to configure apm ? on bsd 4.9 > what is the difference between apm and apm0 ? > > IBM TP 390x 2626FOG on FreeBSD4.9 > > any help much appreciated, J > > incidently on 5.2 apm appears, and loads, but alas crashes on resume :( _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"