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Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
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APM problem in Slackware
I have been using Slackware on my old Compaq Presario 350 MHz AMD k-6 for years but with the older 2.4.x kernels. I just tried to do a fresh install of Slackware 13 and now 12.2 and found the same problem-my computer freezes up when I do a modprobe apm. I'm thinking this may be a problem with 2.6.x kernels on my old pc.
I'm also thinking that since APM is so old that ACPI may be assumed now in the kernel build...maybe I just need to rebuild the kernel. Another problem is that I only have 700 MB in which to install a new kernel.
Can I fix this without rebuilding the kernel? If not, can I install a kernel without the kernel source and how?
EDIT:
I decided to do a fresh install of Slackware 13...the APM problem remains.
Last edited by linuxhippy; 10-12-2009 at 12:03 PM.
Reason: Updated my computer
Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
Posts: 1,207
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nope-I tried it and got errors in my dmesg. I typed in apm -s to try to get it to suspend and was told apm wasn't in the kernel and then modprobe apm froze my pc. I rebooted and then just tried to do a halt -p and I still had to manually power down. I googled this and found that apm=on can only be used when apm was built into the kernel and not just a module (modprobe apm would be for that).
I think I need to rebuild the kernel. I've re-built kernels several times my other pc with a lot more hard drive space than the 500 MB on my Slack 13 pc. Can I boot with just the resultant bzImage on my Slack pc and do a make modules_install to build the modules in /lib/modules?
Hey, I just realised I was looking at another thread of yours...good question, I'm wondering, as well, how to build a kernel on another machine.
I found some Slackbuilds that could be useful here.
/edit/ That appears to be available in the /pub/slackware/slackware-*/source/ directory on (probably) any mirror; that was just the first one I found.
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