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Re: Trying to use sleepd for inactivity



Michel Lanners (mlan@cpu.lu) wrote:
> > Yeah, I don't know what's up with that.  Machine's running fine,
> > though.
> 
> Any funny hardware?

None.  There's no AirPort cart, there's a big RAM chip in the expansion
slot, and I've a network connection.

> No, PowerPC doesn't have a 15-IRQ limit; PCs have. First-gen PowerMacs
> have 32 IRQs, later models 64 or more... not all of which are used, of
> course.

Aha. Thanks for the clarification.

> that. Apple just chose to do it differently... and often (but not
> always) better than in PCs. Then again, the cruft in PCs is the old
> legacy nobody has gotten rid of....

Sadly, yes.  I liked Apple hardware backin the BeOS CHRP days.  I
reluctantly followed Be over to x86, but I'm regretting it.

> > Unfortunately, sleepd doesn't do anything remotely like watching
> > /dev/input .
> 
> Maybe you need to get your hands dirty...

Agreed.  It'd be nice to bring sleepd into the modern age.
I must say, Joey's implementation was virtuously lazy.

-Steve


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