Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 14:24:36 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> To: Tom Glover <tomg@egg.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: apmd Message-ID: <200005182024.e4IKOaN97823@orthanc.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 May 2000 15:37:24 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005161526530.93967-100000@ostrich.egg.net>
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Glover <tomg@egg.net> writes:
Tom> Closing the laptop lid does zilch. I could wait for winter
Tom> and still nothing. In the BIOS for this laptop there is no
Tom> option for configuring what happens when the lid is
Tom> closed. When running Windoze the laptop goes to sleep on a
Tom> close lid just fine. Just not under FreeBSD.
Is X running when you close the lid? On my Dell Inspiron 7000, closing
the lid while X has the display will lock the machine up solid every
time. I have to switch to a non-X console window (i.e. M-C-F1) before
closing the lid, at which point all the expected things happen.
--lyndon
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