Your Computer Switches to Suspend Mode Too Fast

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 8.0

Situation

Your notebook switches to suspend mode too fast (somewhat after a minute).
You do not want to interrupt your work so often and, therefore, want to change this setting.

Procedure

Use the option Safe Settings to boot. If the problem no longer occurs, you can insert the option apm=off to the file /etc/lilo.conf in such a way that enables you to keep on booting with the option -Linux-. To do so, proceed as follows:

Open the file with an editor of your choice:
mcedit /etc/lilo.conf
Search for the following section:
image = /boot/vmlinuz label = linux root = /dev/hda3 vga = 791 initrd = /boot/initrd append = " "
and insert the entry apm=off in the line append. The line will look like this:
append = "maybe_different_entry apm=off"
Save the changes and exit the editor with F10.
Execute lilo again by entering lilo as root in a text console.

Keywords: APM, POWER MANAGEMENT, NOTEBOOK, LAPTOP

Categories: Hardware

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