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Re: Howto auto-suspend after x min?



--- Ronald Capel <b.fly.spam.1@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am looking for a way to auto-suspend my computer
> after, lets say, 30 minutes. APM is working fine, at
> least 'apm -s' forces my computer in suspend.
> Getting it out of suspend is also working fine,
> including PCMCIA and X. Only... how do I get it to
> _automatically_ suspend after 30 min? I guess
> usually you just set it in the BIOS. Unfortunately I
> cannot get in the BIOS at startup (do not know
> whether it is possible at all or which keys to
> press). Does anybody know of any _software
> solutions_ for automatic suspend? (or how to get in
> the bios of a toshiba t3600ct laptop).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ronald
Hi, 
  Sorry I picked this up at the end of the thread and
this might have been mentioned, but have you looked at
the xscreensaver package?  It can do what your looking
for.
HTH,
 Don


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