LaptopTestingTeam notes and updates

Øivind Hoel oivind.hoel at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 14:07:43 CDT 2005


You should probably test gnome-power-manager from universe. I
successfully configured my laptop to suspend on lid close using that.

On 8/29/05, Sivan Green <sivan at piware.de> wrote:
> On 12:42, Mon 29 Aug 05, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> 
> I recall talks and plans prior to breezy about making
> desktop support for that, wasn't that eventually
> implemented?
> 
> Sivan
> 
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