Bruce Perens writes: > First, let me assure you that you can get it to work. It works great on > my Toshiba 440CDT.
Also on my 430CDS. > Do not install the "apmd" package. "apmd" is not reacting fast > enough and it breaks resume on my system. The system resumes fine > without it. I must admit that I've never had this problem myself. (And I think your problem is that apmd reacts too fast, and shuts the system down while it is in the middle of a sync.) In any case, it is easy to patch ampd. > Boot with the setup disk that came with the system, and set the APM > parameters like screen blank time, etc. For the terminal screen, you can set these parameters with `setterm' (-powersave and -blank options). For X, you may want to include `Option "power_saver"' in the XF86Config file, and then specify the BlankTime, StandbyTime, SuspendTime, and Offtime parameters. When power_saver is enables, you can `xset -dpms ...' to fine-tune these. For hard-disks, you set the spindown by using hdparm as well. However, if you use hdparm then that setting won't be retained over a resume. (I patched apmd to call the requisite script after every resume, that way I get a spindown in any of the power modes.) Note that in order to actually get a spindown, you'll have to increase the time interval of `update' to something like half an hour (in /etc/init.d/boot). Moreover, you may want to edit /etc/syslog.conf to discard most of the output from various daemons. > I am able to change the screen brightness with the function key with > the water-faucet icon on it. Push "Fn" and that key. I think this is > changing between the three APM options you see in the set-up disk, > but I'm not sure. Yes. Two of these are fixed, the third you can configure to your own liking. For that option, I picked low brightness (the greatest powersaver AFAICT) with fast CPU but the "silent" cooling method. This gets me responsiveness with a reasonable battery life for my purposes. -- Olaf Weber -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
