?? NEWBIE QUESTIONS: Auto Power Down and Mouse Cursor Size??
Hi all, I am trying to move from Windows to SuSE and I'm seeing some things I was hoping someone could explain. First, I am brand new to Linux -- only a few days now. I'm running SuSE 8.2 Personal w/KDE. My machine is new and it's ACPI compliant. I'm finding that if left alone for a while (I don't know exactly how long), the machine seems to power itself down automatically. I'm trying to prevent this behavior. I have gone into "Control Center | Power Control | Display Power Control" and I made sure that all three options ("Standby after", "Suspend after" and "Power off after") were disabled. I even tried clearing the "Enable display power management" checkbox but nothing seems to help. The machine always seems to power down on its own. The second question I wanted to ask is, how can I make my mouse cursor larger? There is an option, in the "Control Center", I believe, for "Peripherals | Mouse | General | Large Cursor" but that seems to have no effect. The cursor is always small, even after re-boot. If anyone can offer some suggestions I would be very grateful. Thanks. Tony
jvollmer@visi.com
Hi all,
I am trying to move from Windows to SuSE and I'm seeing some things I was hoping someone could explain.
First, I am brand new to Linux -- only a few days now.
I'm running SuSE 8.2 Personal w/KDE. My machine is new and it's ACPI compliant.
I'm finding that if left alone for a while (I don't know exactly how long), the machine seems to power itself down automatically. I'm trying to prevent this behavior.
I have gone into "Control Center | Power Control | Display Power Control" and I made sure that all three options ("Standby after", "Suspend after" and "Power off after") were disabled. I even tried clearing the "Enable display power management" checkbox but nothing seems to help. The machine always seems to power down on its own.
The second question I wanted to ask is, how can I make my mouse cursor larger? There is an option, in the "Control Center", I believe, for "Peripherals | Mouse | General | Large Cursor" but that seems to have no effect. The cursor is always small, even after re-boot.
If anyone can offer some suggestions I would be very grateful.
If you're trying to avoid having the monitor power-down, edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and remove the line that reads: option "DPMS" -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER@CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE
jvollmer@visi.com
Hi all,
I am trying to move from Windows to SuSE and I'm seeing some things I was hoping someone could explain.
First, I am brand new to Linux -- only a few days now.
I'm running SuSE 8.2 Personal w/KDE. My machine is new and it's ACPI compliant.
I'm finding that if left alone for a while (I don't know exactly how long), the machine seems to power itself down automatically. I'm trying to
No, it's not the monitor, it's the entire machine...and the BIOS setting are
fine.
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From: "Jay Vollmer"
this behavior.
I have gone into "Control Center | Power Control | Display Power Control" and I made sure that all three options ("Standby after", "Suspend after" and "Power off after") were disabled. I even tried clearing the "Enable display power management" checkbox but nothing seems to help. The machine always seems to power down on its own.
The second question I wanted to ask is, how can I make my mouse cursor larger? There is an option, in the "Control Center", I believe, for "Peripherals | Mouse | General | Large Cursor" but that seems to have no effect. The cursor is always small, even after re-boot.
If anyone can offer some suggestions I would be very grateful.
If you're trying to avoid having the monitor power-down, edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and remove the line that reads:
option "DPMS"
-- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER@CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE
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On 10/05/2003 04:52 AM, Tony LaPaso wrote:
I'm running SuSE 8.2 Personal w/KDE. My machine is new and it's ACPI compliant.
You KNOW?
I'm finding that if left alone for a while (I don't know exactly how long), the machine seems to power itself down automatically. I'm trying to prevent this behavior.
Only a few possibilities I can think of. 1. Check your BIOS power management settings. This can be set to auto power down after a set time. 2. Misconfigured UPS software. 3. Failing power supply, or heat in general. Some MB have an autoshutdown to save a CPU from meltdown, or at least the temp is configurable. 4. You added 'shutdown -h now' to cron (doubtful, but for completeness) 5. Faulty ACPI implementation (maybe?). Try boot parameter acpi=off or better pci=acpi.
The second question I wanted to ask is,
It is better to ask ONE question per post. They are easier to answer, might elicit more and better answers (i.e. if they were clueless on the first they might just skip the whole message).
how can I make my mouse cursor larger? There is an option, in the "Control Center", I believe, for "Peripherals | Mouse | General | Large Cursor" but that seems to have no effect. The cursor is always small, even after re-boot.
Maybe try a mouse theme from kde-look.org -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
I had to install SuSE 8.2 Pro with the ACPI-option disabled, so I wouldn't know for sure, but isn't it possible to edit parameters for ACPI by using YaST2 Control Center | /etc/sysconfig-editor | System | Powermanagement | ACPI? /Lars Tony LaPaso wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to move from Windows to SuSE and I'm seeing some things I was hoping someone could explain.
First, I am brand new to Linux -- only a few days now.
I'm running SuSE 8.2 Personal w/KDE. My machine is new and it's ACPI compliant.
I'm finding that if left alone for a while (I don't know exactly how long), the machine seems to power itself down automatically. I'm trying to prevent this behavior.
I have gone into "Control Center | Power Control | Display Power Control" and I made sure that all three options ("Standby after", "Suspend after" and "Power off after") were disabled. I even tried clearing the "Enable display power management" checkbox but nothing seems to help. The machine always seems to power down on its own.
The second question I wanted to ask is, how can I make my mouse cursor larger? There is an option, in the "Control Center", I believe, for "Peripherals | Mouse | General | Large Cursor" but that seems to have no effect. The cursor is always small, even after re-boot.
If anyone can offer some suggestions I would be very grateful.
Thanks.
Tony
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Tony LaPaso