Re: computer hangs when idle

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

Gil Elad wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running Potato with kernel 2.2.17 compiled with apm support on an
> Intel PIII with an Intel D815EEA motherboard with apm enabled at BIOS. When the computer is busy -- for example downloading a file from the web everything's fine, console blanks after a few minutes, and I get control back when I press a key at the keyboard.
> If, however, the computer is completely idle for the same period of time, either the console or the entire computer hangs (I can't tell the difference since the system won't respond to neither the keyboard nor the mouse), and I have to use the one finger kick to get back to work - which of course takes a while since fsck needs to finish it's thing.
> Any ideas as to what could be the problem and what I can do to solve it is wholeheartedly welcome.

  I would say it's related to apm. try to see what you can set in bios
and in kernel, there are various options. if you can't get it to work
try to disable it (that would be actually a good start, disable it and
then try to enable various options).

	erik