APM... GOD OF THE MONITOR...

[Once-Ler]

Hi there... I'm having a problem getting apm/apmd/just plainly having my monitor shutdown when i'm not using the computer.

This is about what I have done to get my monitor to power down... sadly no success.

I went into my kernel--> processor type and features: I turned off CONFIG_SMP (or Symmetric multi-processing support) and turned on APIC and IO-APIC support on uniprocessors:

*Question... is smp anywere else?

Under General setup I just have Power Management support on... i don't have the BIOS support one on... I read a howto saying i should turn on PM at boot, cpu idle calls and console blanking (but it was an old howto and there are more options)

I don't have the apmd installed... i can't get it to... I get an error (if it helps to see it... just post).

My apm is all on in the bios... and the caldera site seems to hang when i type in their "search."

I am using caldera2.4, xfree864.0.3, and 2.4.2 kernel.

If you have your monitor shutting down automaticaly... please tell me how you got it all up and running.

Thanks for the help
-Will

[drmbb]

Originally posted by Once-Ler:
My apm is all on in the bios...-Will

I am running Mandrake 7.2 and have apm blanking my monitor just fine (have had no problems since 'Drake 6.5 or so). One thing I do NOT have is the BIOS apm turned on. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but APM in Linux is handled solely by the kernel, and BIOS APM settings can conflict with that. I'd suggest turning OFF the BIOS settings.

Don't know if this will help, but can't hurt :)

Of course I'm also only using kernel 2.2.17, so if there is new stuff for APM in the 2.4 kernel, hopefully someone else will post.

[Once-Ler]

I turned off the apm in my bios, relying on the apm in my kernel... it didn't work... I tried it again with out the apm and apm bios support... leaving nothing but "enable console blanking" on... nothing worked...

Thank you for the continue help.

[bdg1983]

Found this that may help.


EnergyStar Monitor Step x Step

If you have an EnergyStar compliant monitor, you can modify XF86Config to automatically suspend and power-down the monitor. Here's how:

Su to root

Edit /etc/XF86Config. Scroll down to the section marked: Section "Device". Before the EndSection line, add a line that says

Option "power_saver"

Now scroll further down, to the section used by your X server: it will be one of the Section "Screen" entries, but which one depends on whether you are using the XF86_SVGA (Driver "SVGA") or one of the accelerated (Driver "accel") servers. You can add these lines to *all* the "Screen" sections, if you want. Before you get to one of the Subsection "Display" entries, add the three lines:

StandbyTime 15
SuspendTime 30
OffTime 45

The times are specified in minutes, and can be adjusted, obviously.

Now, shut down your various X applications and logout, then restart the X server. Your monitor should now power down correctly.

[Once-Ler]

Hmm... i'm not sure if the power_saver is working... but my xserver doesn't start when I add the stuff:

SuspendTime 5
StandbyTime 6
OffTime 7

I'm going to try putting "Option" infront of them... and I'm pretty sure they are in the right place.

[Once-Ler]

1. My monitor with the previous config does power down in the console.

2. I want it to power down in "X"

3. I tried just relaying on the apm in my kernel... I turned off my bios' apm... and that didn't work.

5. I added the lines as suggested... sadly it caused my xserver not to start up... this was solved by adding:

(It kind of looked like this)
Option "SuspendTime 4"
Option "StandbyTime 5"
Option "OffTime 6"
(and off course I add "Option" infront of power_saver)

This didn't work... even with the kde2.1.1 energystar in the kcontrol.

[Once-Ler]

My current bios setting involve apm and apmbios on... I have a few of the apmbios options enabled... I have in my /usr/sbin; apmd, apm, xapm. I turned off the APIC thing off too... because that has something to do with multipule processor support. I'm reverting back to my old xfree86 file... I will continue to work at this.

[Once-Ler]

I just threw up... too much redbull, cigarettes, and taco loco... please help with the apm :)

[Once-Ler]

I just threw up... too much redbull, cigarettes, and taco loco... please help with the apm :)

[bdg1983]

I don't bother using it as my laptop just sits on my coffee table in front of the couch and always plugged into AC.

Have you tried contacting Caldera support? The couple of times I have during the past year, they have responded within 24hrs. Give them a try. Is their a web/support/software site on apm?

Also try the Caldera users groups located here (http://www.mail-archive.com/users%40lists.calderasystems.com/).

[Once-Ler]

Sorry I should have mention that this is not for a laptop... its for my regular desktop. I'll try the news group.

[Once-Ler]

Sorry I should have mention that this is not for a laptop... its for my regular desktop. I'll try the news group.

[Once-Ler]

Try to keep this current... how did you get apm working... or give me a list of what has to be in order for it to work.

Thank you so much.
-Will