Arthur S. Alexion on Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:55:09 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] energy star


On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 21:13, Paul wrote:
> Your system may not be configured to monitor activity on the IRQ 
> handling the modem.

Which I assume is configured at the bios level


> 
> Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 17:37, Paul wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Yeah, check the settings for power management in you BIOS.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Ahh, the BIOS.  I was thinking it was an XFree thing.  
> >
> >When I use KDE/kppp everything is fine because KDE's screen savers
> >prevent the energy star stuff from kicking in.
> >
> >When I use rp3 with Window Maker, a sleeping monitor is accompanied by a
> >disconnected serial modem (and a stalled print job).
> >
> >When I use ifup with Window Maker, a sleeping monitor is accompanied by
> >a disconnected serial modem, . . . but . . . as soon as I "wake up" the
> >monitor by moving the mouse, ifup automatically reconnects.  Not an
> >adequate solution for long downloads, but an interesting convenience for
> >email checking.
> >  
> >
> 
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