Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 18:17:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Glover <tomg@egg.net> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: apmd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005191817070.14863-100000@ostrich.egg.net> In-Reply-To: <200005182024.e4IKOaN97823@orthanc.ab.ca>
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On Thu, 18 May 2000, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > >>>>> "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. The behavior is the same whether X is running or not. > > --lyndon > -- Regards, Tom Glover To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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