Re: [MLUG] apm (I think..)

[Daniel Goldstein <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Thanks for the response and the information on the link you sent.
 I am running RH 7.3 with XFree86 Version 4.2.1 (Red Hat Linux release: 
4.2.1-13.73.23)
This M50 has a NVIDIA graphics card.   It looks like things might run 
better with everything
upgraded to  RH9.0 but I am in the middle of a crunch now and I can't be 
without the machine for
a day or two (or more if there are complications in the upgrade). On top 
of that with RH9.0 support gone
I am not sure I want to do it. I was hoping to fix this problem within 
RH7.3 without upgrading everything.

I know there has been a lot of discussion about distributions. I would 
consider buying suse but not until
I have time to really do the upgrade right. (i.e. after I defend my 
dissertation... )

Dan

PS. A G5 Mac with MacOS 10 is looking interesting? (Just a jab to see if 
anyone has opinions...)


Suman Kanuganti wrote:

>What version of XFree does it have? Get latest XFree and what graphics card 
>does your M50 has? If nvidia or ati, get the latest drivers. 
>APM should be fair enough than ACPI to fix.
>
>If radeon, refer this is of any help,
>http://www.missouri.edu/~skhcf/radeon/
>
>Suman K
>
>On Thursday 29 January 2004 07:03, Daniel Goldstein wrote:
>  
>
>>HI
>>   I am trying to figure something out that has annoyed me for a while.
>>I have a Dell M50 notebook running
>>RH7.3. When I run on the battery if the keyboard is inactive for a few
>>minutes the screen dims and then goes blank.
>>This is ok but when I hit a key it wakes up but the Xserver always comes
>>back with 640x480 resolution.
>>I think this may be controlled by apm but I am not sure. Does anyone
>>have any idea how to set it so
>>when I hit a key to wake things up the Xserver resolution remains the
>>same as when it went blank?
>>
>>  Thanks for any ideas
>>
>>Dan
>>    
>>
>
>  
>


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Dan Goldstein
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado-Boulder
UCB 427
Boulder, CO 80309-0427

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