--- David Fleck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, mike mcgranahan wrote: > > under windows it is possible to configure the > system > > to enter APM standby after a certain amount of > system > > inactivity. in linux their is a program called > sleepd > > which will initiate an APM standby after a > > configurable period of system inactivity, which > works > > both on the console as well as while X is running. > is > > there any way to achieve the same effect under > > freebsd, where the system will enter standby > after, > > say, 10 minutes of no activity? > > try 'man xset'. grep for the dpms options. In my > AfterStep configuration, > I use > xset dpms 600 1200 1800 > > to set standby (10 min) suspend (20 min) and off (30 > min) times.
thanks for the info. i do use xset for controlling dpms in X, but i am interested in something that will a) put the system into standby, not just the monitor, and b) work regardless of X running. any other suggestions or ideas? i'm finally switching from windows to unix "full-time", so i am stuck choosing between freebsd and linux (gentoo). i really like freebsd's integration, configuration, documentation and ports system, but auto-standby is important to me. thie absence of this feature seems to me to be a significant, though not vital, omission--particularly useful in computer labs. is anyone aware of a more general daemon or facility that can execute a command after a certain period of system idleness... perhaps some modified cron? > > -- > David Fleck > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > thanks again, mike __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
