sleeping too lightly

[Panagiotis Astithas]

Randy Bush wrote:
> thinkpad t40p
> pretty current
> 
> S3 does suspend, and i have successfully tied it to the key and lid.
> but it seems to burn battery anyway, like five hours eats 40% of it,
> and it sleeps quite warmly.  any clues?

Isn't it supposed to? I believe that you need S4 for complete poweroff. 
acpiconf(8) says something along these lines, too.

Cheers,
-- 
Panagiotis Astithas
Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD
Network Management Center
National Technical University of Athens, Greece