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I'm replying to my own message.
The command "apm" reports "No APM support in kernel" which is not enough information for one to determine how to *add* APM support.
Anyway, I recompiled my kernel and it has APM support loaded as a module.
in my lilo.conf I have this:
append="apm=power-off"
I've also tried
append="apm=on"
If I do an "insmod apm" or a "modprobe apm" then I can use APM until the next time I reboot. Next time I reboot, it says "No APM support in kernel" again.
I've tried adding an "apm" line in /etc/modules, but it goes away after each reboot. Am I not supposed to edit this file directly?
How do I make APM module STICK across reboots?

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