what to do when apm doesn't see my battery?

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 19 May 2003, David A. Bandel wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2003 20:30:20 -0700
> "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > I've got a shiny new laptop which is working fairly well under RH9.
> > The only bit of weirdness is that apm doesn't recognize that I have a
> > battery plugged in, so it can't give me any power readouts.  Now the
> > laptop works just fine & dandy, even without AC power, its just that i
> >
> > have no way of getting a reading via apm on the amount of charge
> > remaining.  Anyone ever run into this before?
>
> Not seen this.  I assume you have the APM module loaded.  Have you
> checked your kernel config to make sure the module was config´d
> properly?  I build my own kernels and this has always worked on my
> laptops.  RH usualness (vice weirdness)?

It could be something funky with RH9, as i'm still running its default
kernel (albeit the XFS version).  I am running the same OS load on a
completely different brand/model laptop, and apm works just fine there. I
suppose i could build my own kernel, although i've been holding out for
2.4.21 before going this route.  I just thought perhaps this was something
obvious.

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