I'm making this post in an attempt to prevent a bunch of false bug reports about power management software, so I believe it's on topic here. Those of us living in Ontario, Canada will have a chance to see how well your computers do (or don't) stand up to brownouts.
The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is planning a routine voltage reduction test for Thursday, January 19, 2006. A province-wide voltage reduction of three per cent will take place between 9:30 am and 11:30 am followed by a five per cent reduction from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. See http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/media/md_newsitem.asp?newsID=2699 for further details. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list