On Wed Aug 29, 2001 at 02:49:50AM -0700, Ben Reser wrote:
> > How can I put my mandrake 8.0 box into sleep mode on the ppc? At the
> > very least I'd like the monitor shut down after X minutes... I tried
> > setting the power-off settings in the gnome control panel, but it only
> > turns the screensaver on. Since this machine gets toasty real fast,
> > I'd like to have it go into sleep mode after 20 minutes of being
> > idle... any ideas on how i can accomplish this?
>
> I don't recall what type of machine you had. But PMUD is probably the
> package you need to install and run. Unfortunately programs like the
> gnome control panel are going to try and use the PC style Power
> Management. Apple having a serious case of NIH had to make up their
> own.
PMUD? Ok, I'll take a look at that. And yeah, I somewhat suspected
that was the case with gnome... =) And it's an imac G3 500 (indigo).
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