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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




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