Re: apm and apmd

I am not a beast master but it seams that APM is used for Advanced Power
Management.
So apm is generaly used for laptop to know for example time left for your
battery or to suspend your PC.

Hope it will help
bye
----- Original Message -----
From: "Antoine Jacoutot" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:58 PM
Subject: [gentoo-newbies] apm and apmd


> Hi !
>
> I have a simple question...
> My kernel is compiled with apm support, my console screen goes black after
5
> minutes of keyboard inactivity, which is great, and when I turn the
computer
> off, it power off with no problem.
>
> So, what is the apmd package used for ?
>
> Thanks in advance for your answers...
>
> --
> Antoine Jacoutot
> Gentoo GNU/Linux
> [email protected]
> http://www.lphp.org
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