Re: [PLUG] Joystick detected, but not...

[Tobias DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net>]

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 12:32, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> > NLS = language modules. cp437 is code pagte 437 - I think that's the Englih
> > language set. In effect, this is sort of locales-style stuff.
> 
> So this is not needed for us English speakers?

No. Not usually, anyway... not unless some app you are running needs
them.

> > Advanced Power management. laptop type stuff, to power off after x number of
> > minutes of inactivity.
> 
> So this is not needed w/o laptop?

This is still useful if you are not on a laptop. It can turn the
power-saving mode on, cut the processor speed down, blank out the
monitor... things like that. You should leave it in there.

> > Real Time Clock.
> 
> Can you please give us detail on what this means? Just curious.

rtc is used to allow access to the hardware clock via /dev/rtc. Some
special programs require that. You'd know it if you were running one
that needed it, however.

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