89 lines
2.0 KiB
Groff
89 lines
2.0 KiB
Groff
|
.\" LP (Laptop Package)
|
||
|
|
.\"
|
||
|
|
.\" Copyright (c) 1994 by HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi <hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp>
|
||
|
|
.\"
|
||
|
|
.\" 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
|
||
|
|
.\" use.
|
||
|
|
.Dd November 1, 1994
|
||
|
|
.Dt APM 8
|
||
|
|
.Os
|
||
|
|
.Sh NAME
|
||
|
|
.Nm apm, zzz
|
||
|
|
.Nd control the APM BIOS and display its information
|
||
|
|
.Sh SYNOPSIS
|
||
|
|
.Nm apm
|
||
|
|
.Op Fl z
|
||
|
|
.Op Fl b
|
||
|
|
.Op Fl a
|
||
|
|
.Op Fl l
|
||
|
|
.Pp
|
||
|
|
.Nm zzz
|
||
|
|
.Sh DESCRIPTION
|
||
|
|
.Nm apm
|
||
|
|
controls the Intel / Microsoft APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS and
|
||
|
|
displays the current status of APM on laptop PCs.
|
||
|
|
.Nm zzz
|
||
|
|
suspends the system by controlling APM.
|
||
|
|
.Pp
|
||
|
|
The following options are available for
|
||
|
|
.Nm apm
|
||
|
|
(no options are available for
|
||
|
|
.Nm zzz.
|
||
|
|
)
|
||
|
|
If no options are specified,
|
||
|
|
.Nm apm
|
||
|
|
displays information and current status of APM in verbose mode.
|
||
|
|
.Bl -tag -width indent
|
||
|
|
.It Fl z
|
||
|
|
Suspend the system. It is equivalent to
|
||
|
|
.Nm zzz.
|
||
|
|
.Pp
|
||
|
|
.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.
|
||
|
|
.Pp
|
||
|
|
.It Fl a
|
||
|
|
Display the current AC-line status as an integer value. The values
|
||
|
|
0 and 1 correspond to the
|
||
|
|
.Dq off-line
|
||
|
|
state and
|
||
|
|
.Dq on-line
|
||
|
|
state, respectively.
|
||
|
|
.Pp
|
||
|
|
.It Fl l
|
||
|
|
Display the remaining battery percentage. If your laptop does not
|
||
|
|
support this function, 255 is displayed.
|
||
|
|
.Sh BUGS
|
||
|
|
Some APM implementations do not support parameters needed by
|
||
|
|
.Nm apm.
|
||
|
|
On such systems,
|
||
|
|
.Nm apm
|
||
|
|
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 apm
|
||
|
|
or
|
||
|
|
.Nm zzz.
|
||
|
|
.Sh SEE ALSO
|
||
|
|
.Xr apm 4 ,
|
||
|
|
.Xr apmconf 8
|
||
|
|
.Sh AUTHOR
|
||
|
|
HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi <hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> (Keio Univ., Japan)
|