On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:52:21AM GMT, Kristen R wrote: > I had installed some power management software seeking the ability to > hibernate or suspend this box when inactive. I like those feature found > on OS X 10.5 and use them. As it is under Debian when I click the log > out icon on the Xfce panel I can either: Log Out, Restart, or Shut Down. > The Suspend and Hibernate choices have no effect. The settings I chose > in the power management settings fail to suspend the monitor or computer > after a period of inactivity. The only way I see to minimize this box's > electrical usage when inactive is to turn it off. > > I have removed the apmd, and apcid package installations. I also removed > any packages which seemed to me to try and control fan speeds, cpu > speeds, and lm sensors as well. Since the PPC doesn't incorporate any of > these I am aware of.
My iBook does support suspend to RAM, it also supports processor power scaling. These aren't done through ACPI or APM of course. Look at pm-utils for suspend. I can't remember whether it was cpufrequtils which was responsible for CPU scaling. I'm sure there are some utils which you can use. Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120317091739.ga12...@linuxstuff.pl
