[expert] Enabling Power management under Mandrake 9.1

[Adrian Golumbovici]

Hi All,   Am back again with a small prob. :) After I saw the electricity invoice and recovered from the heart attack:) I decided I might want to stop keeping my server/firewall online all the time. I only have a small server and is mostly experimental and only for a few friends which mostly sleep at night. :) On the other hand, having to connect to it, shut it down and then having to wait till it starts when I need it again might not be something I want to do each day. :) So the last solution that crosses my mind is to make it go into standby. The problem is that I want it to go in standby when no activity from it is required. No activity would mean no incoming requests from the clients inside the network. Is it possible to make my Mandrake 9.1 server go into standby only when no network traffic for like 15 minutes or so. On the other hand, will it wake up from standby if incoming network traffic or do I have to move mouse/ hit any key on keyboard? When in standby mode, will it drop the adsl connection or will it remain online? How much (aproximately in percents) does the power need sink when in standby mode? Thx in advance for your help.   Best regards, Adrian