[mythtv-users] Putting the Computer to sleep (low-power)

[Marius Schrecker]

Ian Wrote:
>it's not so much putting a machine into suspend mode that's difficult;
>it's the selective power-down modes (i.e. HD poweroff) that are really
>difficult to configure; when you want your machine to drop down to low
>power consumption 
>without shutting it off.


I would also love to know how to get this to work in Linux. It's not so
much putting the disk to sleep as keeping it there. I've never managed to
get a HD to powerdown (using hdparm) for more than half a second without
being woken up again. :(

Marius


Registered Linux user