On Saturday 30 December 2006 16:11, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 18:09 -0700, jim barnes wrote: > > You'll find that in /etc/sysconfig/powersave/events > > Look for EVENT_BUTTON_LID_CLOSED="screen_saver" > > Change to any value such: > > Possible Values: notify, wm_shutdown, wm_logout, standby, > > suspend_to_disk, suspend_to_ram, screen_saver, switch_vt, ignore or any > > value > > > > Also available via YaST>System>/etc/sysconfig Editor > > Amazing now a laptop can shut down when closed. I had always wondered > how that security hole would be closed.
I am confused as to what you mean by "security hole" when referring to the laptop closing. I personally loook at it as a guarantee against battery loss, since I won't forget to shut the stupid thing off after I close the lid. :) > It was one of the reasons I > hesitated about buying a laptop. > > One question does this also save state? If your in a program logging in > to that user restores that state such as being in the middle of email or > letter writing in OOo your back up when you log in? Yes - All documents, emails, web pages and - most importantly - games are restored. The only thing I've noticed is that you might lose your session state for SSL encrypted web pages. Life is a far sight better for us laptop users than back in '99 when I was running Mandrake 6 on my P133 laptop. :) -- kai - [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com www.filesite.org || www.donutmonster.com wo ist der ort für den ehrlichsten kuss ich weiss, dass ich ihn für uns finden muss... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
