OK, if all is well APMwise under W$, then don't touch the BIOS. Any Gnome users out there who can field this one?
Brian On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 09:50, Paul Larkin wrote: > 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/ > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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