Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 14:09:31 -0700 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: Matthew Metnetsky (by way of MET <met@uberstats.com>) <met@uberstats.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: On the Go with FreeBSD and KDE Message-ID: <20020929210932.2BB1E591@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from Matthew Metnetsky <met@uberstats.com>(by way of MET <met@uberstats.com>) of "Sun, 29 Sep 2002 03:57:32 CDT." <200209290357.32051.met@uberstats.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > 1) Is there some sort of 'standby' mode like Windows has so that the > computer doesn't take as much power, and also is ON. I have at most 10 > minutes between classes and really don't want to turn off the laptop just to > boot it up again 10 minutes later. And then repeat this 4 times a day. Any > Ideas? For -STABLE, man apm You need to distinguish between 'standby' 'suspend' and 'hibernate'. I don't find 'standby' too useful, personally, but 'suspend' (suspend-to-RAM) is great for me, as the resume time is less than a second. Hibernate (generally 'suspend-to-DISK', then power off) doesn't work as well (at least for me), and some hardware has issues when coming back. Make sure that the 'apm' device is compiled into the kernel, and ensure that apm_enable="YES" apmd_enable="YES" is in /etc/rc.conf My laptops all suspend on lid closure or hitting the "soft" power button. Couldn't live without it - and it's a major pain if it breaks for some reason. They're not exactly ON, but they come back to exactly where they were. > 2) My laptop runs KDE. Whenver I close the top while its running, and then > reopen it, it goes on the fritz (i guess would be the best way to say it). > Basically, the middle visual gets cut in half and goes to the top and bottom > and the middle is just a solid weird color, and the mouse has no 'real' > action on anything. Is there anything I can do to stop this? This could be something simple like the BIOS is generating a suspend event on lid closure, but the resume isn't being dealt with (e.g. no 'apmd'). However, there are also graphics cards and FreeBSD/XFree86 versions for which the resume may be problematic. If you're running -CURRENT, you'll need to look into ACPI, which may have issues on your hardware. Laptops can be strange beasts. You'll also need to post some information about your hardware and what version of FreeBSD you're running. HTH. Cheers, AS [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD4DBQE9l2wLPHh895bDXeQRAikwAJ9bWrUGPwIJwzV7ZHBvQ84+i350lQCXXx+U yZaHaKhO7Cg/Wn0U7iGg1w== =tzJS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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