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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Suspend/halt at KDE shutdown - should it be added?
From:       Bryce Nesbitt <bryce () obviously ! com>
Date:       2001-10-24 16:39:17
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Thorsten Schnebeck wrote:
> 
> Am Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2001 14:04 schrieb Vadim Plessky:
> > On Wednesday 24 October 2001 00:06, Andreas Pour wrote:
> > |   John Gluck wrote:
> > |   > Hi
> > |   >
> > |   > I don't think it's really necessary. You can get this effect from APM
> > |   > or APIC from the kernel.
> > |
> > |   He's talking about turning the machine off.  Plus most of the time
> > |   kernels have these modules only for laptops, not workstations.  Plus
> > | I'm not sure all kernels with which KDE operates have these options.
> > I am working on laptop, KDE doesn't suspend.
> > (kernel-2.4.3-20mdk, KDE 2.2.1)
> > Do you think that I miss some module for my kernel?
> > How I can check this (and add module, if necessary)?
> 
> Is there a /proc/apm?
> cat /proc/apm
> 
> Try to check your active mods (lsmod)
> 
> Insert the module:
> insmod apm
> 
> apm need a daemon and a correct setup :-)
> 
> (apic has a experimantal status)
> 
> Bye

If there is no /proc/apm, KDE should say that the machine
does not support suspend.

But, all machines support turning power off :-).

Note: On my desktop, when running KDE,
the machine hangs a few seconds after apm restore.

		-Bryce
 
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