I know Linux doesn't support standbye or hibernate modes yet. After a time of inactivity, my HP goes into some sort of mode where it blacks out and doesn't respond to the keyboard. It only comes back after repeatedly pushing the power switch and I really haven't figured out a reliable routine for getting it back. How has anyone else dealt with this? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
I know Linux doesn't support standbye or hibernate modes yet. After a time of inactivity, my HP goes into some sort of mode where it blacks out and doesn't respond to the keyboard. It only comes back after repeatedly pushing the power switch and I really haven't figured out a reliable routine for getting it back.
How has anyone else dealt with this?
Actually, Linux does support standby/suspend (with APM) and all functions (standby/suspend/hibernate) with ACPI. I don't think any of them are "on" with SuSE 9.x by default (I may be wrong, feel free to correct me anyone :) The /etc/powersaved file has to be edited to removed the 'disabled' functions - then the options can be accessed via the kpowersave taskbar applette. That being said, I'm not sure what would be causing the "black out." Any chance that your screen saver's set to be power-saving aware (checkbox on screen saver settings), and when it kicks in, it's crashing something? in SAX there's also a tab in the monitor setup that pertains to making the monitor use powersaving modes - another possible place to turn something on/off... In the Control Panels, there's also a display power management section that has 3 sliders for standy/suspend/power off for the monitor... AND, there's also regular power saving options in there too that may have some auto-suspend event enabled on battery power, etc. Hope this gives you something to check...
Steve Kratz wrote:
I know Linux doesn't support standbye or hibernate modes yet. After a time of inactivity, my HP goes into some sort of mode where it blacks out and doesn't respond to the keyboard. It only comes back after repeatedly pushing the power switch and I really haven't figured out a reliable routine for getting it back.
How has anyone else dealt with this?
Actually, Linux does support standby/suspend (with APM) and all functions (standby/suspend/hibernate) with ACPI. I don't think any of them are "on" with SuSE 9.x by default (I may be wrong, feel free to correct me anyone :) The /etc/powersaved file has to be edited to removed the 'disabled' functions - then the options can be accessed via the kpowersave taskbar applette.
That being said, I'm not sure what would be causing the "black out." Any chance that your screen saver's set to be power-saving aware (checkbox on screen saver settings), and when it kicks in, it's crashing something? in SAX there's also a tab in the monitor setup that pertains to making the monitor use powersaving modes - another possible place to turn something on/off... In the Control Panels, there's also a display power management section that has 3 sliders for standy/suspend/power off for the monitor... AND, there's also regular power saving options in there too that may have some auto-suspend event enabled on battery power, etc.
Hope this gives you something to check...
I'm seeing that the suspend and hibernate functions don't work witht he 2.4 kernel, at least according to the yast ACPI setup. This is strange because the Administration Guide looks like it's supposed to have full suppost, and the default setup has ACPI enabled. I looked for the /etc/powersaved file, and can't find any references to it. I also did a fairly extensive search for kpowersave. It appears to be a SuSE only program, and only for 9.1. I have 9.0. If this isn't so, I'd like to know about it because it sounds really useful. It's also strange that yast allows settings as if the ACPI functions work. I did find that display power management was on, for suspend, standby and power off. I'm not sure how this works and I've turned it off. One question: Can I get the 2.6 kernal running on 9.0? How much of a risk/hassle is it to do that? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
Jim Sabatke wrote:
Steve Kratz wrote:
I know Linux doesn't support standbye or hibernate modes yet. After a time of inactivity, my HP goes into some sort of mode where it blacks out and doesn't respond to the keyboard. It only comes back after repeatedly pushing the power switch and I really haven't figured out a reliable routine for getting it back.
How has anyone else dealt with this?
Actually, Linux does support standby/suspend (with APM) and all functions (standby/suspend/hibernate) with ACPI. I don't think any of them are "on" with SuSE 9.x by default (I may be wrong, feel free to correct me anyone :) The /etc/powersaved file has to be edited to removed the 'disabled' functions - then the options can be accessed via the kpowersave taskbar applette.
That being said, I'm not sure what would be causing the "black out." Any chance that your screen saver's set to be power-saving aware (checkbox on screen saver settings), and when it kicks in, it's crashing something? in SAX there's also a tab in the monitor setup that pertains to making the monitor use powersaving modes - another possible place to turn something on/off... In the Control Panels, there's also a display power management section that has 3 sliders for standy/suspend/power off for the monitor... AND, there's also regular power saving options in there too that may have some auto-suspend event enabled on battery power, etc.
Hope this gives you something to check...
I'm seeing that the suspend and hibernate functions don't work witht he 2.4 kernel, at least according to the yast ACPI setup. This is strange because the Administration Guide looks like it's supposed to have full suppost, and the default setup has ACPI enabled.
I looked for the /etc/powersaved file, and can't find any references to it. I also did a fairly extensive search for kpowersave. It appears to be a SuSE only program, and only for 9.1. I have 9.0. If this isn't so, I'd like to know about it because it sounds really useful. It's also strange that yast allows settings as if the ACPI functions work.
I did find that display power management was on, for suspend, standby and power off. I'm not sure how this works and I've turned it off.
One question: Can I get the 2.6 kernal running on 9.0? How much of a risk/hassle is it to do that?
For 2.6 kernels, I'd suggest 9.1 for a no-hassle job. It's possible with 9.0, but it requires a fair bit of work, mainly stuff to do with modprobe.conf which replaces modules.conf and possibly hotplug. I did also find that there were races during boot that caused bogus services failed messages. Otherwise, the 2.6 kernels from kernel.org ran fine. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
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