my monitor goes off ater 15 minutes , and usually I turn it back on by moving mouse or pressing any key, nothing happend so far, its not a very new system 2 yrs old and i am using ubuntu for the last 6 months or so. no problems so far.
One question i have is , is turning off and turning on ur monitor by power management of OS is same as switching it on and off? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM, BINNY THOMAS <binn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well about the stabilizer, its actually a manual stabilizer not the > automatic ones. When the voltage drops my UPS starts beeping as though the > power had gone off and many a time I had to switch off the PC. I solved the > problem by using the stabilizer , it has a switch for selecting the voltage > states with a voltmeter for displaying the voltage and when I do select a > higher voltage the beeping stops. > Thats why I use it. Is it a proper way to handle the power situation? > > Regards > Binny > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:04 PM, BINNY THOMAS <binn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Well i am grateful to everyone for taking this post seriously. I didnt >> suspect Linux either and I intend to believe it was a faulty SMPS. But >> after the incident I am afraid to use the sleep mode. The reason I am >> taking this seriously is that recently a week ago I decided to give the >> 'Turn off Monitor' a try in KDE. The description says that selecting the >> option will completely power off the electron gun after the specified idle >> time and thus bringing power consumption to a minimum. I specified the time >> as 2 MINS and my monitor did just that. Of course I had to turn on the >> monitor two or three times in an hour to check the status of the PC ( I use >> my pc to download files and play music- we dont need to keep on the monitor >> all the time do we?).I was completely satisfied with the result, but on the >> next day my monitor refused to switch on, the technician said that some >> parts may have failed due to voltage fluctuations or power anomalies. This >> doesnt seem like coincidence does it? >> Maybe the frequent on and off cycles had damaged the monitor? I advocate >> Linux to everyone I talk to so I better be aware of the problem. >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:35 PM, nishandh M <pro.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> i noticed this, in compaq laptop model v5000TU, with an ubuntu 7.04, when >>> u shut down, the Hard disk is in use untill the last micro second (untill >>> the system LED is off), and the kind of clinking sound is heared from the >>> HDD area, the same u hear when u force an abrupt powerroff.But in the newer >>> version ubuntu-8.04, the HDD usage indicator goes off a little befor the >>> system LED goes off.and its a very silent one.the sound form the cpu fan was >>> also irregular druing shutdown in earlier case. >>> >> > > > > > -- Miles to go before I Sleep --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
