Re: apm/hdparm/power-supply saga, latest installment

2000-09-13 Thread Krzys Majewski
Quick Summary: I can now stop the hdd, blank the screen, and put the system in apm --standby mode. AFAI'mCed there's no difference between --standby and --suspend. I'm not running apmd, though I guess I could if I really wanted to. Tip: do a /etc/init.d/networking stop if apm --standby fails

Re: apm/hdparm/power-supply saga, latest installment

2000-09-11 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Nate, It's a pretty simple reason a person would want to fully suspend a desktop box - using alternative power! I plan to run my entire configuration via 12Volt batteries and a ups like inverter. if I can reduce the draw of current, I can extend the life of my batteries. The whole reason I wa

Re: apm/hdparm/power-supply saga, latest installment

2000-09-10 Thread Krzys Majewski
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: > curious why you'd be so interested in doing all this i could never see > why people wanted to suspend/sleep a desktop system(a notebook i can > see..) Yeah I get this question a lot. To me it's really obvious though: I live in a small apartment and the no

Re: apm/hdparm/power-supply saga, latest installment

2000-09-10 Thread Nate Amsden
curious why you'd be so interested in doing all this i could never see why people wanted to suspend/sleep a desktop system(a notebook i can see..) as far as the power supply fan is concerned, i had a 486 a while back that did this. it had a temperature senstive fan, if the temp was above XX the fa