From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nigel Cunningham Subject: Re: APM, ACPI and DPMS question Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:35:51 +1000 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1095327350.3855.14.camel@laptop.cunninghams> References: <4146E980.8040501@kn.vutbr.cz> Reply-To: ncunningham-jjFNsPSvq+iXDw4h08c5KA@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4146E980.8040501-nd92eFGgBBntwjQa/ONI9g@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Jan Bernatik Cc: ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi. On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 22:52, Jan Bernatik wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You should also be aware of another little glitch I discovered. The > XFree86 server has an option for DPMS (Energy Star) features. The DPMS > can states can be one of standby, suspend, off or on. Since the 2.4.x > kernels cannot suspend to disk, this can cause problems. Suspend2 is available for 2.4 kernels; it doesn't need ACPI or APM support. You're right in thinking that the issues of whether suspend-to-{ram,disk} is supported is completely independent of DPMS. It appears that the author of that page was confused. Regards, Nigel -- Nigel Cunningham Pastoral Worker Christian Reformed Church of Tuggeranong PO Box 1004, Tuggeranong, ACT 2901 Many today claim to be tolerant. True tolerance, however, can cope with others being intolerant. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php