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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 :)
> 

See powerd(8).

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