Re: Advanced Power Management & Linux
Linux is able to control the APM features nicely. I am just not looking
into them. To have it work, in the BIOS, APM needs to be on, but all of
the features disabled, linux will handle the features. There is APM
management in the new kernels, but I believe that is mainly for laptops.
To get it to work with X windows there is an option that must be added to
the config file under the display adapter:
option "power_saver"
If you are just in a terminal, using 'setterm -powersave on' enables it.
I don't know where you should stick this configuration so that it is
enabled on bootup.
I hope this helps.
Alex
On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Marcus Johnson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking to install Linux into a(n almost brand-spanking new) Sony
> Tower VAIO PCV-210 multimedia PC with the stable version of Debian 2.0
> (just released today). The PCV-210 has got this feature called "Advanced
> Power Management (APM version 1.2) where it puts itself in "sleep" mode
> when there is no activity for a certain period of time. I'm wonder if this
> will cause problems for Linux. I fooled around a little with Debian 1.3
> and it definitely seemed to act wierdly (I wasn't able to get the screen
> to come back on after it shut off). Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> TIA,
>
> Marcus
>
>
>
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