Power Management

[Richard Hughes]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 10:51 -0400, Ivan Krstić wrote:
> Richard Hughes wrote:
> > • When system idle for > 30 seconds we turn the screen off
> 
> Remember that we have a DCON that acts as a hardware frame buffer. The
> screen turning off if you don't use the machine for 30s is a terrible
> user experience and absolutely not an option

Sure.

>  -- but the screen freezing
> after the same timeout, and springing back to life if you press a button
> or move the mouse, is more or less how we envisioned this would work all
> along.

What's the power difference between freeze and off? If it's not
substantial, I totally agree with you.

Richard.