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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!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!ultra.sonic.net!miwok!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: APM support? (was Re: Laptop "falls asleep") Date: 9 Apr 1996 15:57:08 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4ke1cl$iin@helena.MT.net> References: <3169699C.167E@whistler.net> <3169D7A3.446B@whistler.net> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16806 comp.os.linux.setup:49327 In article <3169D7A3.446B@whistler.net>, Pat <patr@whistler.net> wrote: >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)? Nope, APM support was pretty broken in 2.1. It's better in -stable and -current, but needs more work. I'm currently doing the work necessary to get APM and PCCARD support into the FreeBSD tree, so hopefully it'll work better in the next release. I don't suspect I'll have PC-CARD support working, but I do hope to have APM mostly working in the next 'official' release, and the ability to patch the kernel to get mostly working PC-CARD support will also be on the CD. Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. home #: (406) 443-7063 | A fly pole and a 4x4 Chevy truck = Heaven on Earth