Re: Disabling Power Monitor (APM) messages

Thanks for the solution, as a side effect I also learnt how to start and
stop services :-)
regards
sriram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven J. Yellin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: Disabling Power Monitor (APM) messages


> On Sun, 4 May 2003, Shriram NK wrote:
>
> > Hello, The battery in my laptop is completely discharged and doesnt
> > recharge - probably needs repair or replace :-( - the kernel doesnt like
> > this and keeps giving messages periodically.
> >
> > =======================
> > Broadcast message from root
> > Battery Warning (0% Unknown)
> > =======================
> >
> > Is there any way to turn off this message ?
> >
>     Since nobody who knows has answered yet, I'll take a stab at it:
> According to /etc/rc.d/init.d/apmd, "apmd is used for monitoring battery
> status...".  So maybe the messages would go away if you didn't run apmd.
> Stop it with "service apmd stop" and prevent it from being turned on at
> boot time with "chkconfig apmd off".  Or fix your laptop.
>
> --
> Steven Yellin
>
>
>
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