Package: apmd Version: 3.2.2-12 Severity: minor >From http://packages.debian.org/en/lenny/apmd: "Debian kernels are built with APM support but it is disabled by default. You need to boot the kernel with the "apm=on" option if you want to enable the driver. (You may need to add this option to your lilo command line.) "
So the package description states that debian kernels are built with APM support, and you only have to give apm=on at boot to enable the APM subsystem. But at recent debian kernels (tested it now on 2.6.29-1-686, but as far as I can remember it was the same with 2.6.28 and 2.6.26) APM support is /not/ compiled in: $ cat /proc/cmdline root=/dev/mapper/lvm-root ro pci=irqmask=0x0e98 apm=on vga=0x318 splash quiet $ sudo apm -v No APM support in kernel I guess there are good reasons not to ship kernels with apm support, given that apm is a technology from the 90s, but the package description of apmd should give hints how to get apm support enabled anyway (I guess you have to compile your own kernel, do you?). So maybe the paragraph should be: "Since lenny Debian kernels are not built with APM support anymore. You need to compile a kernel with apm support enabled to use this package. " Or something similar. If there is any "official" Debian-HowTo for compiling an own kernel, maybe give the link or package name. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apmd depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libapm1 3.2.2-12 Library for interacting with APM d ii libc6 2.9-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii powermgmt-base 1.30+nmu1 Common utils and configs for power apmd recommends no packages. Versions of packages apmd suggests: pn xapm <none> (no description available) -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
