acpi / thinkpad questions

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 18:06 -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I'm running Feisty on a T60p.  Impressive how many things work
> (sleep, hibernate).

Good, isn't it :-)

> When I close the lid on the laptop the machine just goes into screen
> saver mode.  I see that /etc/acpi/lid.sh seems to accomplish this.

You can configure this via System->Preferences-> Power management.

> Any suggestions for current docs/howtos on acpi and
> customizing the "fn" buttons on the laptop?

Can't help you there. On my T42, Fn-F3 blanks the screen, Fn-F4 sleeps
the laptop, Fn-F12 hibernates it. Worked fine out of the box.

> For example, I'd like the laptop to sleep when the lid is closed.

See above.

> I'd like to understand how to make the cd eject button work.  And
> maybe assign custom functions to some other buttons.

I think you may have buttons on your thinkpad that my T42 doesn't have.

Regards, K.

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