From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 22 6:14: 7 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1045037B404 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 06:14:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A9543FAF for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 06:14:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.147.188.198]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with ESMTP id <2003032214140300200jbg2je>; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:14:03 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.8/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h2MEE3LO071803; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 09:14:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.8/8.12.6/Submit) id h2MEE2rL071800; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 09:14:02 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f To: mikemcg@ucla.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: automatic standby after idle timeout References: <20030321142425.90578.qmail@web13805.mail.yahoo.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 22 Mar 2003 09:14:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20030321142425.90578.qmail@web13805.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <44n0jnfpzp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG mike mcgranahan writes: > under windows it is possible to configure the system > to enter APM standby after a certain amount of system > inactivity. in linux their is a program called sleepd > which will initiate an APM standby after a > configurable period of system inactivity, which works > both on the console as well as while X is running. is > there any way to achieve the same effect under > freebsd, where the system will enter standby after, > say, 10 minutes of no activity? apmd(8) is the closest thing I know of. I don't know all of the new power-control functions in 5.x, but I wouldn't recommend that for you anyway. > also, can anyone describe the apm_saver.ko KLD? i > can't seem to find a description of it anywhere. It turns off the screen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message