mike mcgranahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> under windows it is possible to configure the system
> to enter APM standby after a certain amount of system
> inactivity.  in linux their is a program called sleepd
> which will initiate an APM standby after a
> configurable period of system inactivity, which works
> both on the console as well as while X is running.  is
> there any way to achieve the same effect under
> freebsd, where the system will enter standby after,
> say, 10 minutes of no activity?

apmd(8) is the closest thing I know of.

I don't know all of the new power-control functions in 5.x, but
I wouldn't recommend that for you anyway.

> also, can anyone describe the apm_saver.ko KLD?  i
> can't seem to find a description of it anywhere.

It turns off the screen.

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