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Date:      Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:56:15 +0100 (CET)
From:      Marcel Stangenberger <marcel@hayholt.org>
To:        Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: laptop power managment
Message-ID:  <20030221235535.Q49576@eldar.hayholt.org>
In-Reply-To: <OE33zCcT7J7mgsQQIqr0000094b@hotmail.com>
References:  <OE33zCcT7J7mgsQQIqr0000094b@hotmail.com>

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> Hello-
> i have a laptop that i run bsd4.7 on that i like to leave up for long periods of
> time. What i would like to do is put the monitor flap down. when i do that the
> power management kicks in and starts turning things off for example my (PCMCIA
> nic). i don't want it to do that anymore. is there a document out there that can
> help me configure bsd not to turn these devices off?
>

Most laptops allow this to be changed in the bios, since the bios
determins that should be done when the lid is closed.

Marcel

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