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Statica · 07-09-2000, 07:59 PM

Hi Shafe1:

There are a variety of ways for you to pevent apmd [APM Daemon] from starting up, depending on what you have running on your Linux box.

start linuxconf & go to Control >> Control Service activity .. select APMD and disable it [fairly intuitive]

If you have the SysV Init Editor installed you can do it, by going to the runlevel(s) you typically use and removing it.

on Redhat-ish systems use the setup tool and go to systemservices and unselect apmd

go to /etc/rc.d/rcX.d/ amd remove the symlink to the apmd

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There are loads of ways to do things in Linux, the choice is yours, trying to outline as many in the hope that you will try them all .. each has its merits and demerits and each will contain more information to do more things that you might get stuck with later on.

Incidentally, if you are having problems with your APMD, why not upgrade the apmd packages and try to see if you can solve the problem .. bruteforce removal maybe used as a last resort. Your first duty is to find out WHY the gui crashes, apmd may not be the problem at all. [just cos it crashes on Windoze isnt proof

] .. try trapping your GUI messages to a file and then analyzing them.

Cheers

quote:
Originally posted by shafe1:
I've noticed in the past that my problem with the GUI crashing and not shutting down properly seem to happen after the PC has been on for extended periods, I'm talking only a couple hours not days, and the screen goes black. Last night I noticed, when shutting down, that the APM daemon is running. In the past I've run into problems with this feature on desktops running Windows. How can I turn off APM in Linux? Do I have to go through all the steps to reconfigure the kenel or is there a way to do it from one of the configuration tools?
As a side note, I've already disabled this feature in the BIOS.

07-09-2000, 07:59 PM	#1
Statica Premium Member Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 9,231	Hi Shafe1: There are a variety of ways for you to pevent apmd [APM Daemon] from starting up, depending on what you have running on your Linux box. start linuxconf & go to Control >> Control Service activity .. select APMD and disable it [fairly intuitive] If you have the SysV Init Editor installed you can do it, by going to the runlevel(s) you typically use and removing it. on Redhat-ish systems use the setup tool and go to systemservices and unselect apmd go to /etc/rc.d/rcX.d/ amd remove the symlink to the apmd . . There are loads of ways to do things in Linux, the choice is yours, trying to outline as many in the hope that you will try them all .. each has its merits and demerits and each will contain more information to do more things that you might get stuck with later on. Incidentally, if you are having problems with your APMD, why not upgrade the apmd packages and try to see if you can solve the problem .. bruteforce removal maybe used as a last resort. Your first duty is to find out WHY the gui crashes, apmd may not be the problem at all. [just cos it crashes on Windoze isnt proof ] .. try trapping your GUI messages to a file and then analyzing them. Cheers quote: Originally posted by shafe1: I've noticed in the past that my problem with the GUI crashing and not shutting down properly seem to happen after the PC has been on for extended periods, I'm talking only a couple hours not days, and the screen goes black. Last night I noticed, when shutting down, that the APM daemon is running. In the past I've run into problems with this feature on desktops running Windows. How can I turn off APM in Linux? Do I have to go through all the steps to reconfigure the kenel or is there a way to do it from one of the configuration tools? As a side note, I've already disabled this feature in the BIOS.