[ltp] Does ACPI work on a TP 600x?

Jeremy Alves linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:59:49 -0700


On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 04:41:02PM -0400, Brian Kendig wrote:
> Robert Hollis wrote:
>  > tp 600X does not support ACPI. It does support APM and Linux works 
> well on these..
> 
> Is there any way to get the laptop to go to sleep automatically when I 
> close the lid?  I booted into DOS and used the PS2.EXE utility to run 
> "PS2 COVER ENABLE" (which ran without errors), but that seems to have 
> had no effect.
> 
>    - B

If you haven't done this, make sure it's unplugged when you close the lid,
that makes the difference for me.

(somewhere I read something saying that having a pcmcia (cardbus?) card in 
 and the power plugged in inhibits sleep, though I don't recall where).

-jeremy