From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=romuald.net.eu.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17MGRd-00022K-00 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 19:06:57 -0400 Received: (qmail 19464 invoked by uid 1002); 23 Jun 2002 23:06:25 -0000 Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 18:06:25 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: acpi and the str/s3 state Message-ID: <20020623180625.B19421@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20020623124505.A18620@romuald.net.eu.org> <20020623223143.GA15162@lrxms.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020623223143.GA15162@lrxms.net>; from showell@lrxms.net on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 06:31:43PM -0400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, this wouldn't be the first thing that windows can't do properly. In fact, that thought did pass through my mind, but I wanted to see what some on this list might say. The machine isn't a laptop, but I thought acpi was a pretty cool feature. Maybe I'll just disable standby, and let it run. Greg On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 06:31:43PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > I ain't no expert, but I hear tell that if you leave windows in that > kinda state, things can get hosed. Windows apparently does not handle > power management matters as well as they'd like you to believe. Of > course to inject my two cents worth, why would you want to put the > machine in this state. Maybe a laptop, but a desktop box suffers no ill > affects from being left on 24 hours a day, but for fans having a little > shorter life. I think for all this just turn the machine off all > together. > > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup