On 31 Aug 2002 04:13:18 +0800 Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Problem: the electric company often cuts power here either for 10 > minutes or for the whole day. One can only guess what it will be. > With both my monitor and computer on, my UPS can only last 5 minutes, > but with the monitor off, the UPS can last 20 minutes. (No, I have > the most basic UPS with no com port hook up.) > > I could hit the plastic button on my monitor to turn it off, but if > power is restored, then it is a shame to have turned it on and off: > wear and tear. Best would to be to put it into a standby mode. Then > if 15 minutes have gone by, go into shutdown via script, without > reviving the monitor via keyboard actions. However I am having > trouble writing this. Same power problemo here. I found my solution a few months ago. I installed emacs + emacspeak + flite + eflite (needs a few bits of non-automatic configuring). Emacspeak lets you compute without a monitor! In my case it lets me do basic computer administration. When a power outage hits I set my terminal (window or tab) to an emacs(peak) shell and promptly turn off the monitor. If the power isn't restored within say 10 mins, I can su to root and issue the shutdown command. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
