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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!sun4nl!Utrecht.NL.net!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: APM support? (was Re: Laptop "falls asleep") Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <DpM5w9.1tL@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <3169699C.167E@whistler.net> <3169D7A3.446B@whistler.net> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:19:21 GMT Lines: 18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16939 comp.os.linux.setup:49597 Pat <patr@whistler.net> writes: >Hi: the problem was that the machine was into "power-saving" mode where >it would use APM and fall asleep during the install (no keybd activity). >Apparently there in no support for APM in freeBSD (or on the installer >disk itself)? >(correct me if I'm wrong) Assuming you mean 2.1R it does not have builtin APM support. A couple of FreeBSD hackers from Japan are very busy with getting APM support into the next FreeBSD release. There is currently a patchkit that you can use for 2.1R or -current(??) to get alpha/beta quality APM support into your kernel. Wilko