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Date:      Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:36:02 -0500
From:      dorqus <dorqus@bsdfreek.com>
To:        Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
Cc:        mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k
Message-ID:  <20040128013602.GA23331@freek.com>
In-Reply-To: <200401271106.48604.peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
References:  <20031225.203937.50275884.imp@bsdimp.com> <200312311740.45716.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <20040101213456.GA19349@freek.com> <200401271106.48604.peter.schuller@infidyne.com>

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Peter-

Peter Schuller wrote...
> Right. hw.acpi.lid_switch_state is the one you want. 

Yep....

> I don't think I ever got suspend to work with X and ACPI. Forgot to mention 
> that. The "almost works" senario was in console mode (though X may be running 
> it just must not be the active console).

Ah, that's OK....as I said, having it be "always on" is OK.  Right now
it's been up for 19 days, no problems.  I only reboot it really when
I have either upgraded the OS or have to go into Windows for work vpn
stuff.

> It's a trade-off. I actually like being able to close the lid without 
> suspending the laptop (a problem with APM). But on the other hand the ability 
> to suspend when I *want* to do that outweighs that inconvenience.

*nod* understood, thanks for the suggestions and your help!

-- 
josh



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