<sect1 id="alarmd">
<sect1info>

<authorgroup>
<author
> <firstname
>Lauri</firstname
> <surname
>Watts</surname
> <affiliation
><address
><email
>lauri@kde.org</email
></address
></affiliation
> </author>

<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>Malcolm</firstname
><surname
>Hunter</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>KDE British Conversion</contrib
></othercredit>

</authorgroup>

<date
>2002-02-11</date>
<releaseinfo
>3.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword
>KDE</keyword>
<keyword
>KControl</keyword>
<keyword
>alarm</keyword>
<keyword
>schedule</keyword>
</keywordset>

</sect1info>

<title
>Alarm Daemon</title>

<para
>This module allows you to configure &kalarmd;, the alarm daemon from the kdepim package. It will not be available if you have not installed this package.</para>

<para
>There are only two options for this module:</para>

<variablelist
> <varlistentry
> <term
><guilabel
>Start alarm daemon automatically at login</guilabel
></term
> <listitem
> <para
>Check this to start the alarm daemon whenever you start a &kde; session.</para
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><guilabel
>Check interval [minutes]</guilabel
></term
> <listitem
> <para
>How long (in minutes) the alarm daemon should wait between checks for alarms coming due.</para
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> </variablelist>

<para
>These settings apply to every application which uses the alarm daemon. Currently, the applications which use it include &korganizer; and &kalarm;. For more information, see their respective handbooks.</para>

<sect2>
<title
>Section Author</title>

<para
>Lauri Watts <email
>lauri@kde.org</email
></para>

<para
>KDE British Conversion Malcolm Hunter <email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></para>

</sect2>

</sect1>