Hmm... don't know about the Toshiba, but it sounds like a partitioning
problem as your computer is trying to save the contents of the RAM
during suspend mode.  I'm quessing, when you leave it for a while your
computer goes into suspend mode to save energy.  So one of two things is
happening, your computer is really asleep, and clicking the mouse a few
times, or tapping the power button once and waiting a little bit will
wake it up.  Or... You don't have suspend to disk partition.  Your
computer may need this to successfully enter suspend mode.  I know that
Dell offers a program to create this partition on their systems, maybe
Toshiba does too?  

I would suggest first checking to make sure that apmd (advanced power
management deamon) is starting up on boot.  You can go to Mandrake
Control Center, go to Services in the System menu, and make sure "On
Boot" is selected for apmd.  This is the system service that manages
power management on laptops.  Also, make sure that you did not disable
apmd in InteractiveBastille.  The latest version of this program adds an
option to disable this service as you don't seem to need it on desktops.

If this doesn't work you can disable system suspension in your BIOS.  I
supose this is more of a short-term sollution untill you manage to get
this question resolved.

-Paul rodr�guez




On Thu, 2001-10-18 at 13:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It is Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600
> 
> dech
> Paul Rodr�guez wrote:
> > 
> > Out of curiosity, what Laptop are you currently using?
> > 
> > -Paul Rodr�guez
> > 
> > On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 16:12, dwang wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I installed Mandrake8.0 on my laptop. But if I do use
> > > it for a while, it seems to be shotdown, with the
> > > screen black. Then I have to switch on again. Can you
> > > advice me how to avoid this?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Dech
> > >
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