Thanks, Brian. Your reply goes with something I also read recently somewhere. I don't like dinkin' w/BIOS, since this is a dual HD (1 linux, 1 Win98) & the win APM is set by the OS & works fine. But if I have to...
And I'm using Gnome, and there seems no evident power control center in the Gnome or Mandrake Control centers such as you have in KDE. --- Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > > You may like to check out your BIOS settings. I > have found that the > power saving "features" there are more likely to > cause these sort of > problems than the OS. > > You may also like to visit the KDE control center > assuming you are using > KDE. There's a power control section in there. Try > turning it all off > maybe? > > HTH > Brian > > On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 23:04, Paul Larkin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, how can I get my mandrake 8.1 setup to restore > > properly, after APM kicks in? > > -What actually happens: if nothing is input to > the PC > > (let's say I leave the room for dinner for 20 min. > or > > so, so there's no mouse or keyboard input), there > are > > 3 beeps heard, the screen goes blank. When I come > > back and hit a key or move the mouse -- nothing! > The > > screen does not restore to where it was, there's > no > > restore at all. I have to press "reset" button, > and > > fsck has to do its thing on reboot. > > --How do I access APM (if that's the issue)? > > There's files for apm, apmd, and hddparm that I've > > briefly looked over the man pages for. Are any of > > these relevant, providing the info to make the > fix? > > Thank you. > > > > ===== > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and > more > > http://games.yahoo.com/ > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/
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