From: Kenn Humborg (kenn at domain bluetree.ie)
Date: Thu 26 Sep 2002 - 12:16:03 IST
> John Allman wrote:
> Actually, in the init script i found this, which might explain the above:
>
> # If APM isn't supported by the kernel, try loading the module...
> [ -e /proc/apm ] || /sbin/modprobe apm &>/dev/null
>
> so it must be compiled into my kernel, yes?
No. That code checks if it's already compiled in (/proc/apm
will exist if so). If it's not compiled in, it tries to load
the apm module.
Since one of your previous messages showed kapmd in a process
list, apm is probably compiled in. Does /proc/apm exist?
Later,
Kenn
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