FATAL: Error inserting apm

[Derek Broughton]

Rob Blomquist wrote:

> I am getting a run of these in /var/log/daemon.log:
> 
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting apm
> (/lib/modules/2.6.12-9-386/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.ko): No such device
> 
> Anybody know if I need to do anything about this, or if I can do something
> to fix this problem?
> 
> I have no idea if it is effecting my system yet, however.

Are you using apm for power management?  I'm not sure many people still are
- newer machines usually use ACPI.  If you don't need it, just blacklist it
in /etc/modprobe.d/ (use /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist as a template, but I'd
put it in its own file).
-- 
derek