hello alt.slackware,

I have done a bit of poking around on google and various linux help sites
and i havent seen any info on this. but following all the instructions
that came with the slack10 discs i have installed the 2.6.7 kernel but
when i do modprobe apm i get:
FATAL: Module apm not found.

i is there something i didnt install correctly...when booting into the 2.4
kernel that comes with slack10 i can load apm fine and get battery info
easily.


Thank you for anyhelp in advance
jason

Jason Shanley wrote:

> hello alt.slackware,
>
> I have done a bit of poking around on google and various linux help sites
> and i havent seen any info on this. but following all the instructions
> that came with the slack10 discs i have installed the 2.6.7 kernel but
> when i do modprobe apm i get:
> FATAL: Module apm not found.

ls /var/log/packages/kernel-modules*

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:57:13 -0400, Dominik L.. Borkowski wrote:

> Jason Shanley wrote:
>
>> FATAL: Module apm not found.
>
> ls /var/log/packages/kernel-modules*
cinchel-10:12 PM-~>ls /var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.*
/var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.26-i486-3
/var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.6.7-i486-2

so i looks like i have the kernel modules installed for the 2.6 kernel..

Jason Shanley wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:57:13 -0400, Dominik L.. Borkowski wrote:
>
>> Jason Shanley wrote:
>>
>>> FATAL: Module apm not found.
>>
>> ls /var/log/packages/kernel-modules*
> cinchel-10:12 PM-~>ls /var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.*
> /var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.26-i486-3
> /var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.6.7-i486-2
>
> so i looks like i have the kernel modules installed for the 2.6 kernel..

run depmod -a when you run 2.6.x kernel. see if it returns any errors. then
try this: modprobe -l | wc -l

see what number you got. modprobe -l lists all modules. then again, i forget
if apm is in fact a module under 2.6.7, check MANIFEST.bz2

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:54:06 GMT, cinchel@Euclid.pyro.net wrote:

> I have done a bit of poking around on google and various linux help sites
> and i havent seen any info on this. but following all the instructions
> that came with the slack10 discs i have installed the 2.6.7 kernel but
> when i do modprobe apm i get:
> FATAL: Module apm not found.
>
> i is there something i didnt install correctly...when booting into the 2.4
> kernel that comes with slack10 i can load apm fine and get battery info
> easily.

You may want to try acpi=off and apm=on kernel boot parameters.
Maybe the ACPI of your computer took over the APM? Have a look at
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/pm.txt.

I have a notebook without ACPI support, and it boots stock 2.6.7 kernel:

,--[ ]--
| user@host:~$ uname -prsv
| Linux 2.6.7 #1 Wed Jun 16 16:23:03 PDT 2004 unknown
|
| user@host:~$ cat /proc/apm
| 1.16ac 1.2 0x07 0x01 0x00 0x01 92% -1 ?
`--[ ]--


Best regards,

--
DIG (Dmitri I GOULIAEV)
Aahz's law: The best way to get information on usenet is
not to ask a question, but to post the wrong information.

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:23:14 +0000, DIG wrote:

>
> You may want to try acpi=off and apm=on kernel boot parameters.
> Maybe the ACPI of your computer took over the APM? Have a look at
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/pm.txt.
>
> I have a notebook without ACPI support, and it boots stock 2.6.7 kernel:
>
> ,--[ ]--

thank you..that did the trick...now the battery monitor in gnome shows the
battery level and state perfectly....
thanks again
cinchel