The last version of apmd included in 7.1 worked ok as long as I used the
kdebase package and kapm and kcmlaptop from 7.0. Then I lost all the
benefits of the updated kdebase though.
>For me going standby also does not work and going into suspend mode
>causes such a serious lockup I have to remove the power and the battery ! I
>trust now you'll see a) I'm not the only one with suspend / stanby problems
>and
>b) I didn't just make it all up !
>
>Owen
>
>On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > In 7.1 KDPMS and kcmlaptop are included and can be started and set but
>don't
> > seem to work. While the power saving feature of the DPMS monitor works,
>the
> > time settings seems to keep resetting to the default. kcmlaptop seems to
>be
> > unable to use the power saving features of laptops (suspend, standby
>etc)
> > which it could do in 7 (even with changing the permissions on the apm
> > binary). Finally kapm which is installed by default into the autostart
> > folder of a laptop fails to go to suspend mode - if you choose suspend
>or
> > standby it asks you for the root password and then fails to go to
>standby.
> >
> > There are also no settings for any of these in the standard kde control
> > panel.
> >
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