Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-08-01 Thread Nigel Metheringham
On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 07:10 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 01:16:49PM +0200, Marius Schrecker wrote: > > I would also love to know how to get this to work in Linux. It's not so > > much putting the disk to sleep as keeping it there. I've never managed to > > get a HD to p

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-08-01 Thread chris
On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 01:16:49PM +0200, Marius Schrecker wrote: > I would also love to know how to get this to work in Linux. It's not so > much putting the disk to sleep as keeping it there. I've never managed to > get a HD to powerdown (using hdparm) for more than half a second without > being

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-08-01 Thread Marius Schrecker
Mike wrote: ... >http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/stirling/computergeek/powersaving.html > Did you even read the post you "just found?" ;) AAh! sorry, That will teach me (not) to read posts in reverse order! ... one of lifes great mysteries solved! ;) Marius Registered Linux user _

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-08-01 Thread Marius Schrecker
Ian Wrote: >it's not so much putting a machine into suspend mode that's difficult; >it's the selective power-down modes (i.e. HD poweroff) that are really >difficult to configure; when you want your machine to drop down to low >power consumption >without shutting it off. I would also love to kno

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-07-30 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 12:32 -0400, Ian Trider wrote: > > Windows seems to read the disk whenever it gets bored, and > > you have to trust that Microsoft decided that disk access was really > > necessary. > > And Linux doesn't? O.o > > I've found that it's far more aggressive at reading the disk w

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-07-30 Thread Ian Trider
On 7/30/05, flim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must be missing something... I used to put my laptop (now in silicon > heaven) into suspend mode all the time. I was running SuSE 8.1 at the > time. I'm pretty sure I've done it with my desktop before now, but never > had the need. It's another on

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-07-30 Thread Ian Trider
> Did you even read the post you "just found?" ;) > > In my post ( > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/141854#141854 ), I > recommended reading the whole page so people would see just how much > control you have over power saving in Linux. Control = options = > decisions to make

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-07-30 Thread Michael T. Dean
Ian Trider wrote: On 7/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running Fedora Core 3 and am looking for instructions on setting-up my computer to go into a low-power mode (not suspend to hard drive) when I am not using MythTV. How would I do this (any links?)? Lucky

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-07-29 Thread flim
I must be missing something... I used to put my laptop (now in silicon heaven) into suspend mode all the time. I was running SuSE 8.1 at the time. I'm pretty sure I've done it with my desktop before now, but never had the need. It's another one of those things that PowersaveD initiates,

Re: [mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-07-29 Thread Ian Trider
On 7/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running Fedora Core 3 and am looking for instructions on setting-up my > computer to go into a low-power mode (not suspend to hard drive) when I am > not using MythTV. How would I do this (any links?)? Lucky you, I just found a page

[mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

2005-07-29 Thread sammykrupa
I am running Fedora Core 3 and am looking for instructions on setting-up my computer to go into a low-power mode (not suspend to hard drive) when I am not using MythTV. How would I do this (any links?)? Thanks!! Sam Krupa ___ mythtv-users mailing lis