[ltp] Re: T61 wakes up in the backpack

Jason Brooks linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:42:22 -0800


Its case flex. Lots of low end laptops have this issue. The case
flexes like a pretzel and the battery contacts lift from the battery
connector or the lid switch is  tripped. Best thing to do is hibernate
or turn off wake when lid is open and switch it to on keypress.

jay

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Thomas Hartwig <t.hartwig@itth.com> wrote:
> I had this with my T61p as well. It is somehow related to the battery.
> If I touched it it waked up from sleep. Did never get known to the real
> cause.
>
> Thomas
>
> On 03/01/2011 12:27 PM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
>> Lately my T61 started waking up all by itself while it was in my
>> backpack, being carried around. =C2=A0I suspect a broken lid switch.
>> Is there any way I could verify my theory?
>>
>> I've studied dmesg and failed to notice any reason given for the
>> wakeups.
>>
>> Marius Gedminas
>
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