[ltp] Closing lid while in X?

Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:46:14 +0100

Well, until now I haven't regret a single to have chosen SuSE. Looks like
their standard kernel provides a little 
more ... Considering my first
start in October last year (with SuSE 6.2), I must say that I got my
machine quite fast to work the way I want.

However, it's great that you got your problem solved (thanks to this
*really* useful list). Good luck for the sound stuff! ;-)

Markus

Harry Mangalam <mangalam@home.com> on 09/03/2000 18:27:51

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cc:    (bcc: Markus Alt/Germany/IBM)
Subject:  Re: [ltp] Closing lid while in X?

Well, good for Suse - maybe they've been following this list :).  I've been
patiently, slowly working away at making my TP work the way I want for
about a year, and it's finally just about there, thanks to Rob's hints.  I
think I'll take a little breather until I tackle sound... :)

Best,
harry

altmark@de.ibm.com wrote:
>
> All I can say is that I don't have this "solar meltdown screen" problem
> (never had, neither with SuSE 6.3 nor with 6.2). For me it makes no
> difference if I close the lid while under X or any other virtual console
(1
> to 6). Opening the lid afterwards always brings back X properly (if
having
> closed under virtual console 1 to 6, you have to press Ctrl-Alt-F7 to
> switch to X after opening, of course).
>
> Maybe I've changed something in my X setup to make this work, but at the
> moment I cannot remember what! Trying hard ...
>
> As already said, AC power plugged in or not only has an influence on
> whether suspend works or not while PCMCIA cards are active (for me at
> least). So I do this "cardctl eject" before closing the lid to be able to
> suspend my TP if AC powered.
>
> Nevertheless, I agree with you, Harry, that it'd be nice if you didn't
have
> to go through these steps manually ...
>
> Markus
>
> Harry Mangalam <mangalam@home.com> on 03/08/2000 10:19:08 PM
>
> Please respond to linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
>
> To:   linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> cc:    (bcc: Markus Alt/Germany/IBM)
> Subject:  Re: [ltp] Closing lid while in X?
>
> This has been going on a long time and I can send you a digest of the
some
> of the relevant discussion, if you want.
>
> I have the 770X (gorgeous! 1280x1024 13.5" screen), running Suse 6.1 w/
> kernel 2.2.11 which operates VERY nicely with a similar exception:  When
> it's plugged into AC power AND you close the lid, X goes away
permenently,
> leaving only the "solar meltdown screen" and only a cold boot will bring
> any X back (altho if I have a connection open from another machine, I can
> log in, and restart X, bu this will rarely be the case on the road.)
>
> If it is unplugged from AC power AND you close the lid, it's fine.  No
> matter about cardmgr state (altho I do have to restart the cardmgr and
> network after a sleep - no biggie - it;s just a little script).
>
> If it's been set to a virtual console C+A+F5, for example), the top can
be
> closed and opened fine while it's plugged into AC (and C+A+F7 brings back
X
> without a problem).
>
> It does throttle the CPU correctly: 300MHz when plugged in; 75MHz when
> unplugged, and it does respond to cycling thru the different settings on
> each Fn+F11 press.
>
> BUT, it sure would be nice NOT to have to go thru the special
requirements
> for each shutdown condition manually.  (Altho, I've gotten so used to it
> now, it really doesn't matter.)
>
> Give me shout if I can be of more specific help.
>
> harry
>
> Brian Button wrote:
> >
> > altmark@de.ibm.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Dito for me (SuSE 6.3 on a TP 770E), although ejecting the PCMCIA
cards
> > > only seems to be necessary when suspending with AC power plugged in.
If
> the
> > > machine runs on battery, suspend (by either closing the lid or
pressing
> > > Fn-F4) works fine even with "active" PCMCIA cards.
> >
> > Sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry when I posted my question, and I
wasn't
> > specific enough.
> >
> > I have a 770X, running RH6.1, stock X server that comes with this
> > distribution. I do not suspend when I close the lid, in fact, I've
never
> > looked at how to get suspend working at all :) Anyhow, I do have a
> > PCMCIA card in the machine, AC power connected, and I close the lid.
> > When I reopen it, I get this psychedelic mix of colors, and the machine
> > is locked up.
> >
> > Does this make more sense?
> >
> > bab
> >
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> Harry
>
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