[ltp] apmd question

[Brad Langhorst]

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 13:25, Antiphon wrote:
> I apologize if this is a FAQ  but I'm wondering if someone can explain to me 
> the usage of apmd. I've not run Linux on a laptop for too long and it seems 
> to me to be  more of a hassle on my 600X than anything else.
> 
> Suspend and resume seems to work fine w/o it and enabling it seems to make it 
> take longer to suspend. Can someone tell me what the advantages to using it 
> would be?

apmd is handy if you need to do things like  eject pcmcia cards before
suspending and bring them back afterword.
stopping sound and restarting it, stopping mouse and restarting ...

if you don't need those features then don't run it

brad