to Zazzybob..
i tried /sbin/modprobe and I get these answers from the system I am pretty sure that apm is not included in the kernel somehow and that the acpi is a little misconfigured. but I have found the right literature on google which should help...
this is what I get when I try both..
thanx moxxx68..
sh-2.05b$ /sbin/modprobe apm
FATAL: Module apm not found.
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/modprobe acpi
FATAL: Error inserting acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi.ko): No such device