From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 29 18:27:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBDDE37B5C4 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:27:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 137paN-0001wa-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 02:27:15 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA23768 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 02:27:15 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 02:27:15 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: apm and freebsd Message-ID: <20000630022715.A23735@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i have a problem. when i run on battery power, i sometimes forget to check my meter regularly. for some reason, my laptop will surprise me and eat up a lot of power in a short time. when this happens, the computer beeps and shuts down. while resume usually works, if PPP was running, the machine crashes if i try to reconnect. is there a way to have the OS beep at me or otherwise warn me before shutting down from low power? jm -- --------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org Break free of The Matrix. Switch to FreeBSD. --------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message