acpi patch for dell laptop?

[Scott Lambert]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 10:38:26AM -1000, Vincent Poy wrote:
> 	Speaking about ACPI, has anyone figured out how to close the lid
> without suspending?  I remember before, when the lid was closed, it would
> suspend even with sysctl set to not suspend and the screen stays on and
> when you resume, you can type but the screen freezes and doesn't update.

Setting hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=NONE in /etc/sysctl.conf keeps my
Toshiba from suspending on lid close.  Is that the sysctl you are 
referring to as not working?

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Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
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