Re: Lid switch not waking machine

[Nate Lawson <nate-Y6VGUYTwhu0@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:13:23AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > From: "Matthew Garrett" <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
> > > The plot thickens. If I suspend with the lid switch and then release it,
> > > I have to wake the system with the power button. The system resumes, but
> >
> > This is normal.  Every laptop I've used (even in Windows) expects to be woken
> > from sleep states with the power button - if your laptop had a dedicated sleep
> > button, you might use that instead, but the lid switch is never, ime, used for
> > wakeup.
>
> Under Windows, opening the lid results in the system waking, so it seems
> that the hardware is capable of it. It'd be nice if the same were
> possible under Linux.

Under FreeBSD, my IBM T23 suspends/resumes (S3) based on the lid switch
just fine.

-Nate


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