Re: [Sheflug] ATX/apmd

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Craig Andrews wrote:
> 
> Quickie about ATX stuff then,
> 
> Why do I need apmd to be running? By the time the system shuts down,
> everything's been stopped, and I don't really care about the other power
> management stuff. My monitor and HDD shut off after about 10 mins thanks
> to the BIOS, and since I do power down, thats all I really need.
> 

 I can`t say I completely understand it all myself, but from what I can
see from a quick look at "man apmd", it looks like apmd works with the
BIOS module in the bios to control powering down, syncing info to disks,
logging and the like.
 With a laptop it also controls shutdowns and power management, battery
charge etc.

 Baz.

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