[ltp] Re: Lid switch not working on R60

Damjan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:52:08 +0100


> 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.

HAL doesn't do the deciding either. It'll just relay the ACPI event via
dbus to an user-space program like gnome-power-manager
(or guidance-power-manager).


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