On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, MET wrote: > Makes sense except that whenever I push the power button while in GUI or > CUI it shuts off. > > Bios?
Possibly. Are you running the latest from support.dell.com? Unfortunately, Dell shows no enthusiasm for supporting Linux or, for that matter, any APM OS at all, at least not on newer machines. Might be something non-X hanging up too. Also, is the behavior different if you standby usingthe battery applet (is that a KDE thing?) or if you use the [Fn-X] keyboard combo? > > ~ Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list-admin@;redhat.com] > On Behalf Of Matthew Saltzman > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:33 PM > To: Red Hat List > Subject: Re: Return from Standby or Hibernate > > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, MET wrote: > > > I'm running RedHat 8.0 with the latest kernel and installed APM > > support on my Dell 8200 laptop. Using the APMD I can easily go into > > either standby or hibernate by selecting the option through > > right-clicking on the battery/power-plug icon in the menu. However, > > after that, I have NO idea how to awaken it without pressing the power > > > button on the laptop, which just cuts the power. Suggestions? > > > > ~ Matthew > > On my Latitudes, if pressing the power button powers the machine off > completely rather than waking it up, it means that the machine was hung > when it went into standby. (Usually, just pressing the power button has > no effect at all when this happens, but pressing the button and holding > it for 5-10 seconds will cut the power.) Various things can cause the > hangup (X server is a likely candidate), but many of them have > workarounds that can be enabled in /etc/sysconfig/apmd. > > Also, you might go through your BIOS settings and see if any affect the > standby behavior. > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
