[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Kiosk - powersave issue

Alan Pope alan at popey.com
Fri Nov 3 14:33:52 GMT 2006


On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 01:16:50PM +0000, alan c wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:48:08AM +0000, Matthew Saunders wrote:
> >> I have turned off the screen saver (removed the tick from "Activate
> >> screensaver when computer is idle" from the Screensaver settings) and
> >> set the display sleep time to "Never" in power management.  I have set
> >> the BIOS to not manage the power saving features.
> >> 
> > 
> > System --> Preferences --> Power Management
> > 
> > "Put display to sleep when computer is inactive for:"
> > 
> > Move the slider all the way to the right.
> 
> Would it be editing a file directly in Dapper Kubuntu - I cannot see
> that menu?

There are two battery applets in Ubuntu, and as I understand it there are two in KDE also. The 
basic one that is there when you install (Ubuntu) doesn't have control over power saving 
features, the advanced one does. Sorry I can't help further than that, I don't use KDE.

Cheers,
Al.



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