On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 12:47:59PM +0530, Subhro wrote: > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:39:25 -0700 (PDT), Rishi Chopra > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks to Mick, Andreas, Geert and Dee for their > > suggestions. > > > > I tried adding the suggested line (I'm running 5.2.1) > > but the response is: > > > > config: Error: device "acpica" is unknown > > config: 1 errors > > > > Do I need to be running a special kernel to enable > > acpica? Is there any other way to enable ACPI? Will > > I have to start a daemon after compiling the kernel to > > enable ACPI? > > There are two ways to do it. One of them is to add the line device > acpi to the kernel config and recompile the kernel. The second option > is to load acpi as a module. > kldload acpi.ko > > Alternatively you can put acpi_enable="YES" in /boot/loader.conf to > automate the process. And there is no daemon like apmd for acpi. It is > a KLM. > > Regards > S.
Ok, so apparantly this is a difference between 4.x and 5.x. In 4.x, there is no LKM for this, and the line to add is indeed device acpica. Sorry from a 4.x-junkie ;-) GH -- :wq _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"