Hi there.
> After upgrading to the mentioned version of apmd (to have
> pre-suspend and post-resume support) apmd does now 2 annoying
> things:
> 1. fills up syslog with messages like
> Jul 4 14:39:32 galaxy apmd[128]: Charge: -0.30%/min (0:03) 0:03 (99% 3:10)
> Jul 4 14:39:49 galaxy apmd[128]: Charge: -0.28%/min (0:04) 0:04 (99% 3:12)
> Jul 4 14:40:06 galaxy apmd[128]: Charge: -0.26%/min (0:04) 0:04 (99% 3:06)
> Jul 4 14:40:22 galaxy apmd[128]: Charge: -0.24%/min (0:04) 0:04 (99% 3:04)
> This goes on for a while :-\ Unfortunately it is repeated every
> few seconds, so syslog grows very quickly.
Here's the result of grep'ing my /var/log/messages for apmd on my
laptop:
Q> Jul 4 19:31:12 Shuttle apmd[86]: Battery: * * * (100% 2:36)
Q> Jul 4 19:31:22 Shuttle apmd[86]: pre_suspend: '/usr/bin/run-parts
/etc/apmd/suspend.d' returns 0
Q> Jul 4 19:47:17 Shuttle apmd[86]: Charge: * * * (-1% 0:01)
Q> Jul 4 19:47:17 Shuttle apmd[86]: Resume after 00:15:55 (-1% 0:01)
Q> Jul 4 19:47:18 Shuttle apmd[86]: post_resume: '/usr/bin/run-parts
/etc/apmd/resume.d' returns 0
Q> Jul 4 21:28:06 Shuttle apmd[86]: pre_suspend: '/usr/bin/run-parts
/etc/apmd/suspend.d' returns 0
Q> Jul 5 01:18:17 Shuttle apmd[86]: Resume after 03:50:11 (-1% 0:01)
Q> Jul 5 01:18:17 Shuttle apmd[86]: post_resume: '/usr/bin/run-parts
/etc/apmd/resume.d' returns 0
Q> Jul 8 02:02:54 Shuttle apmd[86]: pre_suspend: '/usr/bin/run-parts
/etc/apmd/suspend.d' returns 0
Q> Jul 8 02:38:05 Shuttle apmd[86]: Resume after 00:35:11 (100% 2:36)
Q> Jul 8 02:38:05 Shuttle apmd[86]: post_resume: '/usr/bin/run-parts
/etc/apmd/resume.d' returns 0
As you can see, there's several suspend/resume cycles in there...
> 2. Once fallen beyond 51% in offline status it starts sending
> wall messages with the Battery Low notification even apmd is
> running with '-w 5 -W" option.
> # cat /etc/sysconfig/apmd
> SCRIPTDIR=/usr/local/sbin
> APMD_OPTIONS="-p 10 -w 5 -W -s $SCRIPTDIR/suspend -r $SCRIPTDIR/resume"
> # ps uawx|grep apmd
> root 128 0.0 0.5 1076 368 ? S 16:23 0:00 /usr/sbin/apmd -p
>10 -w 5 -W -s /usr/local/sbin/suspend -r /usr/loca
Mine says...
Q> # cat /etc/sysconfig/apmd
Q> APMD_OPTIONS="-p 10 -w 5 -W"
In addition, the relevant part of /etc/rc.d/init.d/apmd reads as
follows:
Q> case "$1" in
Q> start)
Q> echo -n "Starting up APM daemon: "
Q> test -r "$CONFIG" && . "$CONFIG"
Q> daemon /usr/sbin/apmd $APMD_OPTIONS \
Q> -r '/usr/bin/run-parts /etc/apmd/resume.d' \
Q> -s '/usr/bin/run-parts /etc/apmd/suspend.d'
Q> touch /var/lock/subsys/apmd
Q> echo
Q> ;;
Q> stop)
Q> echo -n "Shutting down APM daemon: "
Q> killproc apmd
Q> rm -f /var/lock/subsys/apmd
Q> echo
Q> ;;
It's slightly different to yours, but not in ways that matter...
> I hope someone can help me on these points because it really gets
> annoying in the meantime :-\ TIA!
> PS: System is Linux 2.2.10, RedHat-6.0 on a Toshiba Sattellite 4000CDT.
System here is RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.2.6 on a Toshiba T2110. I've
not yet got round to reinstalling with RedHat 6.0 here, although both
my desktops are running under 6.0...
Best wishes from Riley.
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