Random erros closing a laptop

[Stuart Bishop]

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Andr'e Kuntze wrote:
| Hi there,
|
| i have a DELL Inspiron 8600.
|
| The "normal" Power function "power off on shutting down" works now
| (didn't work with the first preview release) but when i close my laptop
| without shutting down i get random erros:
|
| 1. The laptop freezes (one time in X, one time on a console) or
| 2. i only see a blinking cursor.
|
| Maybe there are more errors but i only tried it about four times.

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258

|
| One time when i was logged in in X the screensaver started when i opened
| again and asked for a password. Is that the standard behavior? I like it
| much... Sadly enough is that it only worked one time :-(

This is what is supposed to happen.

| Am i doing something wrong or are there still some bugs in the power
| management?

I don't think shutting the lid will suspend the system btw - it blanks
the screen and locks it. I have no idea if this is safe on all laptops
(I know the 8600 has one vent that gets blocked when the screen is
closed - no idea if that causes thermal problems or not).

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Stuart Bishop <stuart.bishop at canonical.com>   http://www.canonical.com/
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