Hi Paul, 

Many thanks for your message. But I cannot find apmd from the services
in the system menu. Can you tell me how to  disable system suspension in
my BIOS?

Thanks
dech

Paul Rodr�guez wrote:
> 
> 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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