jonathan@aracnet.net wrote:

On 18-Feb-98 jonathan@aracnet.net wrote:

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I rebooted to Wingdings 95 to play a game, and after a brief absence, found out it had suspended the machine! It powered down the monitor, flashing the power light and everything!

Nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't happen in Linux. :( I have APM support compiled in, what else do I need to do?

Apologies; I spoke a >bit< too soon. I powered up to Linux the other day and got distracted again (yes, it happens often) and when I came back, the monitor was off (standby). Ah, HA; so the score stands as follows:

OS Power saving -------------- ------------- Wingdings95: Motherboard, Monitor, (Hard drive?) Linux console: Monitor Linux X: Nothing

(hmm... could it be cron keeping the drive and MB busy? Yup.)

What about the monitor in X? Is there something keeping it from relaxing?

Thanks for letting me talk to myself internationally... :)

--- jonathan@aracnet.net

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Johnathon, If you want full power management in linux, as in M$ Windogs, next time you build a kernel have a look at the power management options - they are all there if your hardware supports it, all you have to do is answer the questions and they are compiled into the kernel for you. Have fun, Matt -- Matt Aylward Dept of Geography (GIS) email: maylward@sunny.gis.uwa.edu.au Linux Lover and GIS Geek ..............LINUX..................... OS for the people by the people -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e