Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:11:42 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: acpi@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to suspend/wake-up a FreeBSD machine? Message-ID: <20080104201142.7bc73059@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1080104183912.21758A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20080104123428.3292da81@meijome.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1080104183912.21758A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:13:20 +1100 (EST)
Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Norberto Meijome wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:51:41 +0100
> > Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >
> > > That depends largely on the hardware - on e.g. ThinkPads you need to
> > > press the 'Fn' button to wake up the laptop after sleep.
> >
> > hmm i think it's not so much the Fn key, u need to do anything that
> > triggers an ACPI event in the BIOS - like opening the lid , or
> > pressing Fn. I *think* 'thinkVantage' blue btn should work too.
>
> On my T23 I have suspend/wake on lid switch off (in BIOS), preferring to
> have to use the Fn key to wake. No other keys do that on mine including
> the ThinkPad key, so then called.
ah yes :)
>
> While consulting 'sysctl hw.acpi' about that I see:
> hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
> which I assume reflects my don't-do-that BIOS setting.
>
> And confirming:
> # sysctl hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=1 # (or =0)
> hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
> sysctl: hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: Invalid argument
>
> which makes sense and was expected .. except that since doing that,
> closing the lid while awake still just blanks screen, but opening lid
> now wakes the laptop from sleep! No big deal, just slightly odd ..
hmm mine reads :
hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
dev.acpi_lid.0.wake: 1
FreeBSD ayiin.octantis.com.au 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #1: Fri Jan 4 09:44:17 EST 2008 root@ayiin.octantis.com.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
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