Re: Putting computer on standby or sleep

2001-02-20 Thread Krzys Majewski
I use a combination of 'hdparm -y' and 'apm --suspend', run via a script that sits in the background checking if the cpu is idle and there has been no typing on the console recently. Details on request. -chris Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I would like to know if

Re: Putting computer on standby or sleep

2001-02-19 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Tyler Braun wrote: > > I think xset dpms is what you're looking for. Do man xset for the full story, > but if I do: > > xset dpms 0 0 3600 This will only turn off the monitor (a substantial saving by itself), but won't power down additional hardware such as hard drives. You can spin d

Re: Putting computer on standby or sleep

2001-02-16 Thread Tyler Braun
I think xset dpms is what you're looking for. Do man xset for the full story, but if I do: xset dpms 0 0 3600 then my monitor powers down after an hour. The first two settings are for going into a suspend state, where the monitor blanks out but doesn't actually shut off. Setting them to 0

Putting computer on standby or sleep

2001-02-16 Thread Enrico Zini
Hello, I would like to know if (and how) I can make my computer "suspend" so that all (most of) is powered down but I can "resume" it and have it in the same state it had before the "suspend". Something like portables do, but with a workstation. The system is a dual PII-450 on a Supermicro P6DGU