On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:13:20 +1100 (EST)
Ian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Norberto Meijome wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:51:41 +0100
> > Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
_________________________
{Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
Albert Einstein
I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet.
Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been
Warned.
_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
