Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:36:50 -0400 From: "MET" <met@uberstats.com> To: "'Andy Sparrow'" <spadger@best.com>, "FreeBSD Mobil" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: On the Go with FreeBSD and KDE Message-ID: <002701c26808$b43a1e50$0200a8c0@SURVIVAL> In-Reply-To: <20020929210932.2BB1E591@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
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I am running -STABLE. So I made sure that apm is in the kernel (it is), and then I added the two 'enable' lines into my rc.conf file. I then checked my BIOS's settings, its set to be 'active' when the lid closes, thus the monitor is turned off and the rest stays fully powered. I then restarted and did some testing. Closing the monitor still seems to break X and it gets screwy. So then I tried pressing the 'Suspend' button on my laptop, that kind of worked. It powered down the system. I then powered it back up and it came right back to my screen as it was before I suspended it. However, everything was fuzzy and blurry, but at least all there. I then logged out and back in again and it looks all nice again. Then I decided to write this email. So here we are, and I'm still lost. Here's my hardware specs as someone (a smart someone) suggested they could be used to help solve the issue. Here's the basics: Dell 8200 - p4 2 gig - 15 inch sxga+ monitor - NVIDIA graphics card, 64MB DDR 4X AGP (device nv) - 512 DDR RAM ~ Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Andy Sparrow [mailto:spadger@best.com] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 5:10 PM To: Matthew Metnetsky (by way of MET <met@uberstats.com>) Cc: FreeBSD Mobile Subject: Re: On the Go with FreeBSD and KDE > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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