.\" LP (Laptop Package) .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1994 by Tatsumi Hosokawa .\" .\" This software may be used, modified, copied, and distributed, in .\" both source and binary form provided that the above copyright and .\" these terms are retained. Under no circumstances is the author .\" responsible for the proper functioning of this software, nor does .\" the author assume any responsibility for damages incurred with its .\" .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/apm/apm.8,v 1.16.2.7 2003/05/07 17:42:02 tobez Exp $ .\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/apm/apm.8,v 1.5 2006/02/17 19:40:10 swildner Exp $ .\" .\" use. .Dd November 1, 1994 .Dt APM 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm apm , .Nm zzz .Nd control the APM BIOS and display its information .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl ablstzZ .Op Fl d Ar enable .Op Fl e Ar enable .Op Fl h Ar enable .Op Fl r Ar delta .Pp .Nm zzz .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility controls the Intel / Microsoft APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS and displays the current status of APM on laptop PCs. The .Nm zzz utility suspends the system by controlling APM. .Pp The following options are available for .Nm (no options are available for .Nm zzz ) . If no options are specified, .Nm displays information and current status of APM in verbose mode. If multiple display options are given, the values are displayed one per line in the order given here. .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl a Display the current AC-line status as an integer value. The values 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the .Dq off-line state, .Dq on-line state or .Dq backup power state, respectively. .It Fl b Display an integer value reflecting the current battery status. The values 0, 1, 2, 3, correspond to the .Dq high status, .Dq low status, .Dq critical status, .Dq charging status respectively. .It Fl d Ar enable Disable/enable suspending of the display separately from a normal suspend using the boolean value for .Ar enable . This feature seems to not work on many different laptops, including the Libretto 30CT and 50CT. .It Fl e Ar enable Enable or disable APM functions of the computer, depending on the boolean .Ar enable argument. .It Fl h Ar enable Depending on the boolean value of .Ar enable , enable or disable the HLT instruction in the kernel context switch routine. These options are not necessary for almost all APM implementations, but for some implementations whose .Dq Pa Idle CPU call executes both CPU clock slowdown and HLT instruction, .Fl h Ar false is necessary to prevent the system from reducing its peak performance. See .Xr apm 4 for details. .It Fl l Display the remaining battery percentage. If your laptop does not support this function, 255 is displayed. .It Fl r Ar delta Enable the resume wakeup timer, if the laptop supports it. This doesn't actually suspend the laptop, but if the laptop is suspended, and it supports resume from suspend, then it will be resumed after .Ar delta seconds (from when you run this command, not from when you suspend). .It Fl s Display the status of the APM support as an integer value. The values 0 and 1 correspond to the .Dq disabled state or .Dq enabled state respectively. .It Fl t Display the estimated remaining battery lifetime in seconds. If it is unknown, -1 is displayed. .It Fl Z Transition the system into standby mode. This mode uses less power than full power mode, but more than suspend mode. Some laptops support resuming from this state on timer or Ring Indicator events. The output of .Nm tells what your laptop claims to support. .It Fl z Suspend the system. It is equivalent to .Nm zzz . .El .Sh NOTES .Xr apmconf 8 has been merged in .Nm and thus .Nm replaces all of its functionality. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apm 4 .Sh AUTHORS .An Tatsumi Hosokawa Aq hosokawa@jp.FreeBSD.org .Sh BUGS Some APM implementations do not support parameters needed by .Nm . On such systems, .Nm displays them as unknown. .Pp Some APM implementations cannot handle events such as pushing the power button or closing the cover. On such implementations, the system .Ar must be suspended .Ar only by using .Nm or .Nm zzz .