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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!news.cinenet.net!news.cais.net!news.jsums.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: APM support? (was Re: Laptop "falls asleep") Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Date: 12 Apr 1996 04:51:09 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4kkjvd$f3@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <3169699C.167E@whistler.net> <3169D7A3.446B@whistler.net> <DpM5w9.1tL@yedi.iaf.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17114 comp.os.linux.setup:50051 Wilko Bulte (wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) wrote: : 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 I beleive the APM stuff is still on the back-burner in Japan. I gather it's fairly high on the wish-list though ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....