Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:52:17 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org, <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook Message-ID: <20030114004958.F3206-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <3E235DD9.6080904@btc.adaptec.com>
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On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Scott Long wrote: > Vincent Poy wrote: > > > Greetings: > > > > Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook? I'm > > trying to figure out if there is a way to prevent the notebook from > > suspending when the lid is closed. Thanks. > > I have that notebook, and I have the same problem. Setting the hw.acpi > sysctls that control the sleep states and actions doesn't seem to make a > difference. Disabling acpi might make it work (haven't tried), but then > it probably won't route interrupts from the cardbus slots anymore. > > Scott Hmmm, I don't have anything in my cardbus slots since everything is on the Mini-PCI but what does your sysctl hw.acpi.lid_switch_state show for the current setting? vince@bigbang [2:50am][~] >> sysctl hw.acpi.lid_switch_state hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE This is after I did /sbin/sysctl -w hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=NONE in /etc/rc.local as that works fine on my IBM ThinkPad 770Z. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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