On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:03:18PM +0200, Tommy wrote: > hi all, > I've a keyboard midi "Roland PC-300" that work perfectly with GNU/Linux > (and Demudi 1.2.0rc3) > > Now I want to use an old pc only for piano, let me explain. > > 1) I connect the keyboard PC-300 into pc (off) > 2) I turn on the pc > 3) automatically I play with my keyboard with my preferred instrument > "the Piano" (or a synth like qsynth for selecting the instrument from > the bank with midi selection of keyboardmidi) > 4) ctrl-alt-canc for turn off the pc (I know in /etc/inittab how to do > this :) ) One option might be to find a motherbaord which has working suspend to ram support, so you can press a button on the front of the case and it will wake up in a few seconds, and press it again and it will sleep. I dont know if there /are/ any destop motherbaords with working suspend to ram though :) - Steve