On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:42:57AM +0100, Ralf Stephan wrote: > Hi, > would it be possible to turn off a ruby iMac hd/monitor by > using a kernel module for Powerbooks - which one?
the monitor should already go into powersaving on its own when in the console (does anynone know how to control that?), for X you need to either use xset to enable dpms or enable it in /etc/X11/XF86Config, on my intel box i have: in the Device section Option "power_saver" in the main Screen section. StandByTime 0 SuspendTime 45 OffTime 75 i would assume this works with powerpc as well assuming that is your using a real X server. as for powering down the hard disk, don't do that unless you want to replace it in 6 months, desktop hard disks really are not designed for powersaving and i have heard many people had them fail very quickly after using spin down. if you still want to read the hdparm man page. i don't know about the sleep features MacOS lets you use on desktop machines. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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