On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 07:10:39PM +0000, Allens wrote: > You have got to recompile the kernel, and enable apm support. > > Peter Allen > > Shao Zhang wrote: > > > > On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Carl Fink wrote: > > > > > 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?? > >
Hmmm, this thread died without answering the question I was lurking to listen for. I have apmd up and running but can't figure out how to make it go to sleep on a schedule. Winblows had (has, presumably) a place where you could just say "go to sleep after n minutes." Is there a place where I could configure this in debian? Would I have to reboot and enable a timeout in my BIOS? (it is currently enabled with a timeout of 0 as per debian install instructions from way back in October.) Or is there some reason why I don't want to use apm for this but some other better faster smarter cheaper etc. program to which someone will direct me? Thanks, Rob -- "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may work."
