Re: Compaq Monitor 7500 goes in Power Save

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 04:14:08AM -0700, Jeff Estal wrote:
> The computer is a Compaq S4020WM from WalMart.
> Monitor is a Compaq 7500.
> 
> During install, I discovered that I must select "text"
> to do the install or the monitor will go into power
> save mode, and that's all she wrote.
> 
> So, after installation, it reboots. Most of the way
> through the booting, the monitor again goes into power
> save mode.
> 
> I've tried to boot with the boot floppy i created, but
> it still does it.
> 
> Any clues?

First, go into the BIOS at boot time and see if you can turn off that
behavior there.  Should be under something like "power management".

Failing that, add the option "apm=off" on the boot command line.  See
Chapter 2 of The Fine Manual:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/

Cheers,
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