[ltp] apm on an R40 with 2.6.4

Eric C. Cooper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:58:06 -0400


On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 10:19:36PM +0200, Wolf Wiegand wrote:
> I've been trying around a little bit more. My first problem (after 5 
> minutes of idling, my machine dies) can be reproduced by pressing Fn+F3. 
> I've looked through all manuals I could find in search of a 'secret' key 
> combination to wake my machine up again, but I couldn't find anything 
> (the manuals say: Press Fn to wake your machine up. This does not work, 
> though) Well, I'll try work around this problem within the BIOS.

On the T41, this function key blanks the display until you press a
regular key like 'x' or Space -- unlike suspend mode, which requires
you to press the Fn key.  Not a very consistent user interface!

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u