Re: APM and unwelcome messages

Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:18:18 +1000

Hi John,

John Summerfield <summer@os2.ami.com.au> writes:
> I have hundreds of these:
> apm_bios: set display standby: Unrecognized device ID
> apm_bios: set display ready: Unrecognized device ID
>
> Here are the APM bits from .config
> CONFIG_APM=y
> CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
> CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
> CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y

Try turning this off.

If you want to be more adventurous, try changing linux/drivers/char/apm_bios.c.
In the APM_SET_DISPLAY_POWER_STATE macro, change the value after the "b".
Try (0x0100) or (0x0101).

Cheers,
Stephen

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Stephen Rothwell                    Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au


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