sleep mode

[Xander Pirdy]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 04/15/2010 09:56 AM, zongo saiba wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have set up my unit Ubuntu 9.10 to go to sleep after 5 minutes when
>> inactive. I have a notebook and want to maximize ny battery life. When I
>> use skype with video (or just voip calls), my unit still goes to sleep
>> after 5 minutes not detecting the fact that it is being used.
>> Anyone has any idea on how to make sure that the OS actually picks yp
>> the unit being in use and not putting it to sleep ?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>>
>
> I'm not sure you can without moving the mouse, hitting a shift key
> occasionally or such. However I recall a thread where the issue was the
> screen going to sleep while playing a DVD movie. This might be of interest:
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/136609
> [Put display not to sleep]
> Full thread:
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/136516
>
> You might try adjusting some of the time setting in
> /apps/gnome-power-manager.

So this might not be directly of interest but it reminded me of that
XKCD (http://xkcd.com/196/), and while searching for it I came across
this forum post, which actually gives some potentially adaptable
examples that might provide more of a workaround then a real solution.
-Xander
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