[ltp] Closing lid while in X?

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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

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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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