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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2006 15:09:46 +0800
From:      Adrian Pavone <wingot@eftel.com>
To:        gbentley@uk2.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Putting FreeBSD to sleep?
Message-ID:  <4465863A.1030907@eftel.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060513062733.1C7B143D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20060513062733.1C7B143D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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Graham Bentley wrote:

 >Can anyone post some good pointers for setting
 >up ACPI or APM so that I get automatic susepend
 >afer x mins of inactivity and woken up on LAN
 >request ?
 >
 >(in particular shut down disc / slow or shut
 >down psu fan - its the noise I am concerned
 >about)
 >
 >I have looked at posts on rc.suspend/resume
 >for various power saving issues on laptops
 >but cant find and good resources on how to
 >do the above. Surely this must have been
 >done before by someone with a remote server
 >in a secret location :)
 >
 >Thanks in advance for any advice :)
 >
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Wake on LAN is a feature that you will have to enable in your BIOS, if
it is available. It could not be affected by ACPI/APM (or any other
Operating System feature) once the computer is no longer powered up. In
regards to what you need to suspend after x mins, I am unsure.

Regards,
Adrian




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