You must disable DPMS if you use ACPI. I did this with a hammer (I edited the X start files). It would be nice if this were done by whatever is detecting ACPI support. (Yes, magic things happen when you use acpi=on on the command line, so I know this is being detected) -Shawn On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 03:44, Julien Olivier wrote: > Hi > > I've just installed Fedora Core 1 test 3. > > The biggest problem I have with it is that my Fujitsu/Siemens Amilo D > laptop tends to shutdown on its own from time to time (2/3 times a day) > while I'm actively using it (typing texts, playing videos) or when it is > not used (screensaver on). > > At first, I thought it was hardware-related. But, having Windows XP on > another partition, I could see that the problem didn't happen on Windows > XP. So the problem seems to come from Fedora. > > Then, I tried to de-activate both acpid and apmd. And the problem seems > to have gone away and I'm happy :) > > Now, my questions are: > > - Why are both acpid and apmd activated by default ? Aren't they > mutually exclusive ? > > - What could possibly be the cause of the problem ? > > - How could I help find the exact cause of the problem ? > > Thanks for your help. -- Shawn Houston <mhouston@xxxxxxx>
