I use apmd-3.0final-2 on a RedHat 6.1 system. The startup scripts for the
apmd daemon use deprecated options (refer to apmd manual page) to run a
shell script on suspend or resume. With apmd-3.0 these options do not work
anymore. I made the following changes to get it working again (NOTE: some
lines in the following diff log could be wrapped caused by length
limitation):


--- /etc/rc.d/apmd.orig Tue Oct 26 13:36:53 1999
+++ /etc/rc.d/init.d/apmd       Tue Jul 11 15:08:37 2000
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
                APMD_OPTIONS="$APMD_OPTIONS -u"
         fi
 
-       #daemon /usr/sbin/apmd "$APMD_OPTIONS"
-       daemon /usr/sbin/apmd -p $LOGPERCENTCHANGE -w $WARNPERCENT
$ADDPARAMS $PRESUSPENDCMD \
-               $POSTRESUMECMD $LOWBATCMD $ACONCMD $ACOFFCMD
+       daemon /usr/sbin/apmd "$APMD_OPTIONS"
+       #daemon /usr/sbin/apmd -p $LOGPERCENTCHANGE -w $WARNPERCENT
$ADDPARAMS $PRESUSPENDCMD \
+       #       $POSTRESUMECMD $LOWBATCMD $ACONCMD $ACOFFCMD
        RETVAL=$?
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/apmd
        echo
--- /etc/sysconfig/apmd.orig    Mon Jan 17 13:07:03 2000
+++ /etc/sysconfig/apmd Tue Jul 11 14:29:10 2000
@@ -1,29 +1,4 @@
-APMSCRIPTS=/etc/sysconfig/apm-scripts
-
-# make an entry in the logfiles whenever the percentage of
-# battery power changes below the value specified here
-LOGPERCENTCHANGE=10
-
-# warn on specified remainig battery percentage
-WARNPERCENT=5
-
-# use -W to warn all users in a critical power state
-ADDPARAMS="-W"
-
-# use -s for command execution before entering the suspend state
-PRESUSPENDCMD="-s $APMSCRIPTS/suspend"
-
-# use -r for command execution after resuming from a suspend state
-POSTRESUMECMD="-r $APMSCRIPTS/resume"
-
-# use -l for command execution on low battery
-LOWBATCMD=""
-
-# use -a for command execution on switching to ac power
-ACONCMD=""
-
-# use -b for command execution on switching to battery power
-ACOFFCMD=""
+APMD_OPTIONS="-P /etc/sysconfig/apm-scripts/apmscript -p 10 -w 5 -W"
 
 # if you have problems with your X display after returning from suspend
mode
 # give CHANGEVT the number of the virtual terminal your X-Server runs on
--- /etc/sysconfig/apm-scripts/apmscript.orig   Tue Jul 11 14:41:38 2000
+++ /etc/sysconfig/apm-scripts/apmscript        Tue Jul 11 14:08:48 2000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # This script can be controlled by editing /etc/sysconfig/apmd.
 
-PROG=`basename "$0"`
+PROG="$1"
 LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/resume
 [ -e /etc/sysconfig/keyboard ] && . /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
 [ -e /etc/sysconfig/apmd ] && . /etc/sysconfig/apmd