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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--==_Exmh_1161026854P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > 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 1= 0 > minutes between classes and really don't want to turn off the laptop j= ust to > boot it up again 10 minutes later. And then repeat this 4 times a day= =2E 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=3D"YES" apmd_enable=3D"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 i= t). > Basically, the middle visual gets cut in half and goes to the top and b= ottom > 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 --==_Exmh_1161026854P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----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----- --==_Exmh_1161026854P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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