LaptopTestingTeam notes and updates

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Mon Aug 29 14:42:11 CDT 2005


On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 03:35:14PM -0400, Alvin Thompson wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:14:48PM +0800, Jerome Gotangco wrote:
> >
> >>>"Lid Close" - what is supposed to happen?
> >>
> >>It is supposed to put your unit to sleep (this is usually the setting
> >>in Windows). Most of the time in Linux, the LCD will just turn off.
> >
> >
> >Not by default in Ubuntu; we don't attempt to suspend the system when the
> >lid is closed.
> 
> is there a way to change it so closing the lid does suspend? also, how 
> about locking the screen as the default?

Currently the only way to configure these features is by editing the
configuration file /etc/default/acpi-support.

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 - mdz



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