> I am running OBSD 4.0-release (i386) on Toshiba Satellite A30. > I started apmd and here's my ps output > > root 10023 0.0 0.1 240 316 ?? Ss 5:57AM 0:00.00 apmd > > But when I do "apm" it says > > Battery state: unknown, 0% remaining, unknown life estimate > A/C adapter state: not known > Performance adjustment mode: manual (3200 MHz) > > Also, "halt -p" doesn't work and I need to hard-shutdown. I got powerdown=YES > in /etc/rc.shutdown.
So what is the problem? Not everything works on every machine. There are continual efforts to make things work *better* on many machines, but I think it should be RATHER OBVIOUS that some machines can't do these things yet with our code.