Re: funny powersave kind of thing with Fedora

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Scott Garrison <sgarrison@xxxxxxx>
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:26:10 -0500
Subject: funny powersave kind of thing with Fedora

> I'm running FC 1 on an old IBM Aptiva (AMD K6).  Runs great, 
> including VNC now, etc.
> 
> I must've done something to cause the following problem, but can't 
> seem to resolve it myself (have turned off apmd, doesn't fix it):
> 
> After 30 minutes of inactivity, my system goes into some kind of 
> powersave mode.  The monitor goes into standby, and the CPU does a 
> funny 'half shutdown' where the powerlight blinks on and off, the 
> fans are still running, but the system is unresponsive at the 
> console or remotely (e.g. via ssh).
> 
> When I press the power switch, it comes back to life--monitor comes 
> back on, etc..  I'm taking this system to be hosted at Ohio State 
> this weekend, so naturally, I need it not to go into this weird mode 
> on me every 30 minutes (me sitting at my VNC and ssh client in 
> Michigan).
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have!
> 
> --SG
> 
> *********************************************
> Scott Garrison, M.L.S.
> Adjunct Faculty
> School of Information and Library Science
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> e:  sgarrison@xxxxxxx
> v:  989.400.3463

------- End of Original Message -------

Sounds like a BIOS setting is over riding the Linux settings. You may need to
disable this function in the BIOS.

Wolf




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