Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 21:48:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recent apm changes Message-ID: <14263.6529.323708.430669@muon.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <199908141954.MAA07929@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <14261.51641.622430.411111@muon.xs4all.nl> <199908141954.MAA07929@dingo.cdrom.com>
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>> "MS" == Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes:
>> >> "MS" == Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes:
>>
>> >> Then after 5 seconds the screen blanks, the power light starts
>> >> flashing (indicating suspend mode), but when I hit a key, the
>> >> console says (slept 00:00:02) only, and programs in fact
>> >> continued running (thus it didn't go or remain in suspend mode
>> >> at all).
>>
MS> I think you'll find that programs didn't, in fact, continue
MS> running; rather they paused and then resumed when you came out
MS> of suspend.
>>
>> I'm running seti@home, and it really continued while my
>> computer was 'suspended'. Also a little test program continued
>> running.
MS> What you're failing to offer here, and thus why I remain
MS> skeptical, is any evidence that suggests that these programs
MS> were "running" while the system believed itself to be
MS> suspended.
I can see that after one hour of 'suspend' mode, the program has done
for one hour worth of calculations.
Really, I am not insane and know when my programs have run and done
work and when not.
--
Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust me, I know
plm@xs4all.nl | the Netherlands | what I'm doing.
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