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Message in the XFree86 Log

Michael S. Androsov

2004-12-17, 2:49 am

I have a Red Hat Linux 9 and receiving next message in XFree86 Log:
(ww) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device).

What's the problem?

Michael S. Androsov
EXPOCENTR

Ken Bell

2004-12-22, 8:54 pm

In article <f99f3e13.0412162311.1d642d2e@posting.google.com>,
Michael S. Androsov <androsov@expocentr.ru> wrote:
>I have a Red Hat Linux 9 and receiving next message in XFree86 Log:
>(ww) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device).

Does your BIOS support APM (if it's a very old system, it may not)?
Is APM enabled in the BIOS?

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