[ltp] Re: Lid switch not working on R60

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Richard Neill wrote:
>> I should add that it suspends fine using Fn-F4 or any other method.
>
> I think there's a BIOS option for this - should the lid-close trigger a  
> suspend or not?  I tend to prefer suspend to require an explicit request  

And it doesn't really trigger a suspend, it just sends an ACPI event for
"LID closing".

So, in BIOS you should read it as "issue ACPI events on lid close?".

And userspace (HAL, ACPID) are the ones responsible for doing the "lid has
been close, let's suspend" policy decision.

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