Unfortunately, I own a Dell laptop. <sigh> Any other ideas? *No one* seems to want this feature, which I can't figure out...
On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 11:40:14PM -0400, Krishna Tateneni babbled thus: > From: Krishna Tateneni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: PinkFreud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: laptops with linux... > Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 23:40:14 -0400 > X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] > > http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/tpctlhome.htm > > I found this page which describes "tpctl", a program for IBM > Thinkpads, which allows among other things, the ability to > disable suspend when the laptop cover is closed. > > Alas, this seems to be limited to Thinkpads only. > > > On Monday 01 July 2002 11:15 pm, PinkFreud wrote: > > I don't suppose anyone here has managed to convince linux to not > > suspend the laptop when the lid is closed, have you? I used an > > (unmaintained) patch with 2.2 - I'm trying to find a better > > solution for 2.4, though. > > > > As far as I can tell, apmd looks for various ioctls which it can > > call to ignore suspend, etc. However, the kernel doesn't > > actually seem to *support* these ioctls... > -- Mike Edwards Brainbench certified Master Linux Administrator http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=158188 ----------------------------------- Unsolicited advertisments to this address are not welcome.
