sleep or suspend mode

2003-05-02 Thread R. Potter
I had a new problem developed.  I booted up my laptop at work (batt. power) and then got distracted.  when I came back, it had gone into suspend mode.  I could not figure out how to get it out so I ended up finally forcing a hard boot.  that created a mess on the hard drive and after

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-09 Thread myself
Hello, On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Hanno Mueller wrote: > My ideal scenario would be waking up the laptop from suspend, inserting > the network card and somehow making sure that all applications running on > my laptop (e.g. apache, X, exim) get informed about the new network > adapter and / or the new IP

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-09 Thread myself
Hello, On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Hanno Mueller wrote: > My ideal scenario would be waking up the laptop from suspend, inserting > the network card and somehow making sure that all applications running on > my laptop (e.g. apache, X, exim) get informed about the new network > adapter and / or the new IP

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-06 Thread Hanno Mueller
> i guess you tried it and something didn't work as expected - could you > describe what's happening? I cannot reproduce this right now, but I once tried to remove the PCMCIA network card and the X server froze. Greetings, Hanno

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-06 Thread christoph hebeisen
hi hanno, > > So, unless you are setting up your applications to 'serve' from a > > specific ip address (which I'm assuming you're not) I don't see why > > you can't just do the same thing with your network interface as I do > > with my ppp interface. > > I am running a few servers (apache and exi

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-06 Thread Hanno Mueller
> i guess you tried it and something didn't work as expected - could you > describe what's happening? I cannot reproduce this right now, but I once tried to remove the PCMCIA network card and the X server froze. Greetings, Hanno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-06 Thread christoph hebeisen
hi hanno, > > So, unless you are setting up your applications to 'serve' from a > > specific ip address (which I'm assuming you're not) I don't see why > > you can't just do the same thing with your network interface as I do > > with my ppp interface. > > I am running a few servers (apache and ex

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-06 Thread Hanno Mueller
> So, unless you are setting up your applications to 'serve' from a > specific ip address (which I'm assuming you're not) I don't see why > you can't just do the same thing with your network interface as I do > with my ppp interface. I am running a few servers (apache and exim were mentioned alrea

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-06 Thread Hanno Mueller
> So, unless you are setting up your applications to 'serve' from a > specific ip address (which I'm assuming you're not) I don't see why > you can't just do the same thing with your network interface as I do > with my ppp interface. I am running a few servers (apache and exim were mentioned alre

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-05 Thread Joseph Schlecht
On Tuesday 05 December 2000 22:19, Hanno Mueller wrote: > Using DHCP, at my new location I often do telinit 1 and back just to make > sure that all my applications know that the local ip address has changed. > > Is there any way to automate this, without telinit 1 ? (Maybe I just don't > quite get

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-05 Thread Andy Bastien
Pending further investigation, we now allege that Hanno Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > > probably a stupid question: How can I automate the re-assignment of my > laptop's IP address? > > > Linux runs just perfectly on my laptop, APM is fully supported, suspend to > disk works as expected, as does my

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-05 Thread Joseph Schlecht
On Tuesday 05 December 2000 22:19, Hanno Mueller wrote: > Using DHCP, at my new location I often do telinit 1 and back just to make > sure that all my applications know that the local ip address has changed. > > Is there any way to automate this, without telinit 1 ? (Maybe I just don't > quite get

Re: Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-05 Thread Andy Bastien
Pending further investigation, we now allege that Hanno Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > > probably a stupid question: How can I automate the re-assignment of my > laptop's IP address? > > > Linux runs just perfectly on my laptop, APM is fully supported, suspend to > disk works as expected, as does my

Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-05 Thread Hanno Mueller
Hi, probably a stupid question: How can I automate the re-assignment of my laptop's IP address? Linux runs just perfectly on my laptop, APM is fully supported, suspend to disk works as expected, as does my PCMCIA network card. Thanks everyone. However, it's quite slow and and I move a lot betw

Proper suspend mode (no more on/off switching)

2000-12-05 Thread Hanno Mueller
Hi, probably a stupid question: How can I automate the re-assignment of my laptop's IP address? Linux runs just perfectly on my laptop, APM is fully supported, suspend to disk works as expected, as does my PCMCIA network card. Thanks everyone. However, it's quite slow and and I move a lot bet

Suspend Mode

2000-03-15 Thread Oren Laskin
Thanks for the help. Actually the BIOS does not have that option but it can be set from DOS which I don't have installed(go figure). However, I ran into this page while redoing the search I gave up on a few weeks ago. This is a pretty neat hack for any Libretto users. http://club.pep.ne.jp/~is

Re: Suspend mode

2000-03-15 Thread John Stevenson
top(Toshiba Libretto 60) that goes into a suspend mode when > the lid is shut. Is there any way to disable this within Linux? I would > like to be able to use the sound and video output with the computer lid > shut without having to physically disable the switch. > > Thanks, > > Oren

Suspend mode

2000-03-15 Thread Oren Laskin
I have a laptop(Toshiba Libretto 60) that goes into a suspend mode when the lid is shut. Is there any way to disable this within Linux? I would like to be able to use the sound and video output with the computer lid shut without having to physically disable the switch. Thanks, Oren

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-09-02 Thread Russell Coker
6 is needed (at least on my Acer Extensa 355). It allows >the BIOS to flush the RAM to the harddisk (I am not sure, but I think it >enables multiple writes). I recommend to only set this if you experiment >with your suspend mode and then advance further. It enables multi-mode. This means

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-09-02 Thread Russell Coker
6 is needed (at least on my Acer Extensa 355). It allows >the BIOS to flush the RAM to the harddisk (I am not sure, but I think it >enables multiple writes). I recommend to only set this if you experiment >with your suspend mode and then advance further. It enables multi-mode. This means

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-09-02 Thread Andreas Doescher
Hi, and no, the -m16 is needed (at least on my Acer Extensa 355). It allows the BIOS to flush the RAM to the harddisk (I am not sure, but I think it enables multiple writes). I recommend to only set this if you experiment with your suspend mode and then adva

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-09-02 Thread Andreas Doescher
Hi, and no, the -m16 is needed (at least on my Acer Extensa 355). It allows the BIOS to flush the RAM to the harddisk (I am not sure, but I think it enables multiple writes). I recommend to only set this if you experiment with your suspend mode and then adva

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-09-01 Thread Russell Coker
>From the page: > >http://gamgee.acad.emich.edu/~roth/EXTENSA/suspend.html > >I got the command: > > hdparm -m16 -c1 -u1 /dev/hda > >Which enabled suspend to disk on my Mitsubshi Amity. I've >no idea if it will help you on your machine. I expect that the -m16 has no impact. The -u1 (unmasking

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-09-01 Thread Russell Coker
>From the page: > >http://gamgee.acad.emich.edu/~roth/EXTENSA/suspend.html > >I got the command: > > hdparm -m16 -c1 -u1 /dev/hda > >Which enabled suspend to disk on my Mitsubshi Amity. I've >no idea if it will help you on your machine. I expect that the -m16 has no impact. The -u1 (unmasking

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-31 Thread mattwell
IL PROTECTED]> on 08/31/99 10:12:43 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org cc: Subject: Re: Suspend Mode On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Seth Golub wrote: > Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The machine also has a "suspend to disk" mode, > [..] > &g

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-31 Thread mattwell
IL PROTECTED]> on 08/31/99 10:12:43 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org cc: Subject: Re: Suspend Mode On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Seth Golub wrote: > Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The machine also has a "suspend to disk" mode, > [..] > &g

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-31 Thread Russell Coker
>This sounds very interesting to me, as I have a Dell Latitude CPi, and >I've never managed to get suspend-to-disk working in Linux. Even normal >suspend is a bit flaky. I have tried many 2.2 kernels with apm compiled >in, and I run apmd too. It suspends and writes data to disk, but when I >resume

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-31 Thread Russell Coker
>This sounds very interesting to me, as I have a Dell Latitude CPi, and >I've never managed to get suspend-to-disk working in Linux. Even normal >suspend is a bit flaky. I have tried many 2.2 kernels with apm compiled >in, and I run apmd too. It suspends and writes data to disk, but when I >resume

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-31 Thread Pontus Lidman
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Seth Golub wrote: > Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The machine also has a "suspend to disk" mode, > [..] > > Does it work with linux? > > In general, yes. This sounds very interesting to me, as I have a Dell Latitude CPi, and I've never managed to get s

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-31 Thread Pontus Lidman
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Seth Golub wrote: > Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The machine also has a "suspend to disk" mode, > [..] > > Does it work with linux? > > In general, yes. This sounds very interesting to me, as I have a Dell Latitude CPi, and I've never managed to get s

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-24 Thread Seth Golub
Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > it ought to be a simple matter of running "hwclock --hwtosys" upon > resume, no? How do I set this up? Make sure your kernel has APM support, then install the apmd package. > The machine also has a "suspend to disk" mode, [..] > Does it work with

Re: Suspend Mode

1999-08-24 Thread Seth Golub
Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > it ought to be a simple matter of running "hwclock --hwtosys" upon > resume, no? How do I set this up? Make sure your kernel has APM support, then install the apmd package. > The machine also has a "suspend to disk" mode, [..] > Does it work with

Suspend Mode

1999-08-24 Thread Steve Robbins
Hi all, I bought an old 486-based laptop recently (Dell Latitude XP 450C), and successfully installed Debian linux on it. I'm a newbie to both laptops and to Debian, but not to linux (I've been running linux since 1992). I'm wondering about the "suspend" mode featu

Suspend Mode

1999-08-24 Thread Steve Robbins
Hi all, I bought an old 486-based laptop recently (Dell Latitude XP 450C), and successfully installed Debian linux on it. I'm a newbie to both laptops and to Debian, but not to linux (I've been running linux since 1992). I'm wondering about the "suspend" mode featu