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10-17-2007 , 06:22 PM
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Hi all,

Is there a way to keep programs already opened open upon restart? Like I have a gnumeric spreadsheet and a calculator that I would like to have open upon starting my N800 each time. I know you can do this on a Linux desktop; just figured it can be done on the N800.



Thanks for any help,

trox

P.S.

Is there a way to do screen capture too?

Thanks again!
 
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10-18-2007 , 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by trox View Post
Hi all,
P.S.
Is there a way to do screen capture too?
http://tuomas.kulve.fi/blog/2007/01/...creen-grabber/
 
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10-18-2007 , 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by trox View Post
Hi all,

Is there a way to keep programs already opened open upon restart? Like I have a gnumeric spreadsheet and a calculator that I would like to have open upon starting my N800 each time. I know you can do this on a Linux desktop; just figured it can be done on the N800.
The easiest way is the simple one (not necessarily obvious for a new user): Don't shut down your N800. Simply lock the screen instead (press the power button once, followed by the home (center of D-pad) once. It'll stay that way for maybe 10 days, depending. With wi-fi on it'll still last up to 2 or 3 days (again, depending). You can easily count up an uptime of several weeks (I had an uptime of nearly 3 months at one stage, before I shut down to upgrade the firmware).

Then you just start your applications and leave them running, iconized.
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10-18-2007 , 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
The easiest way is the simple one (not necessarily obvious for a new user): Don't shut down your N800. Simply lock the screen instead (press the power button once, followed by the home (center of D-pad) once. It'll stay that way for maybe 10 days, depending. With wi-fi on it'll still last up to 2 or 3 days (again, depending). You can easily count up an uptime of several weeks (I had an uptime of nearly 3 months at one stage, before I shut down to upgrade the firmware).

Then you just start your applications and leave them running, iconized.
Thanks for the replies. That is what I do now. Just thought I might be able to save battery power and reload the desktop as it is upon complete shut-down. Much like Linux desktop.

Thanks,

trox
 
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10-18-2007 , 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by trox View Post
Thanks for the replies. That is what I do now. Just thought I might be able to save battery power and reload the desktop as it is upon complete shut-down. Much like Linux desktop.

Thanks,

trox
I'm thinking that, unless you leave your tablet off for a really long time, you're going to waste more gogo-juice by rebooting than by leaving it on standby.
 
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10-18-2007 , 11:32 AM
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Karel has a point that I think is valid, at least if you're shutting down several times a day.

As for suspend/resume with full shutdown, it could actually be possible. The Linux kernel has a feature where, at shutdown, you store the whole RAM image to the swap partition, and when you boot it can restore the old RAM snapshot from swap. I've never used it myself (it's still considered "experimental"), but I don't see why that couldn't be enabled on an N800 (if a sufficiently large swap partition is set up).
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