You have got to recompile the kernel, and enable apm support. Peter Allen
Shao Zhang wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Carl Fink wrote: > > > In linux.debian.user, Stefan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > >I remember reading somewhere that you don't really need screensavers > > >anymore > > >with modern monitors to prevent damage to them, and that the only reason to > > >run them is to show off to your colleagues or whoever. > > > > That, and to lock the the computer so no one can play with it. If > > you're in an environment where you log onto a server containing > > confidential information, the screen saver can keep someone else from > > wandering into your office and seeing that stuff. > > > > With modern power-saving BIOSes, the thing can even turn the monitor > > off (and power down the computer) if you've been away too long, saving > > electricity and wear on your system. > > Great! This is what I did in Windoze. But how do I do it in Linux? > Is there any kind of software that does this?? > > > -- > > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Science and Technology Programming, I-Con 18 > > April 9-11, 1999 www.iconsf.org > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null