[Cumbria] FAO: Anyone with laptops...

[Michael Saunders]

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Schwuk wrote:

> 2) Does anyone know how to get 'apm -s' (standby) to work for a normal
> user (i.e. not root)? I think it may require a kernel re-compile, but I
> want to confirm this before I try.

Try doing this (as root):

chmod +s /usr/bin/apm

(or wherever the binary is). This should make the apm program run as root
no matter which user runs it. Might not work, but worth a try!

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Michael Saunders
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