unix laptop question: closing the lid

Wed Jan 29 17:52:05 PST 2003

I have a Thinkpad 600X.  There is an option to not have the lid do anything.

Two ways to configure this.

One is with the PS2.EXE program (for DOS) that can set this up.

The other is the tpctl program for Linux.  This requires a kernel module
called thinkpad.o to be loaded. (available from the same place as tpctl.)

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Strata Rose Chalup wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Can anyone point me to an easy way to have BSD or Linux running on
> a laptop and *not* go to sleep or hibernate when the lid is closed?
>
> Here in our motorhome, space is at a premium, and cats roam all
> horizontal surfaces.  Thus re-using my old laptop as a server requires
> that the lid be kept closed.  Sure, I could break off the plastic
> flanges that activate the "lid is closed" microswitch, but I would
> really rather not trash the laptop.  Of course, if the screen is on
> all the time with the lid closed, that generates quite a bit of
> heat from the backlighting, so I need a way to lie to APM and have
> it turn off the screen for me, too.
>
> The laptop in question is a Thinkpad 770.  I haven't decided for
> sure if I am going to run NetBSD or RedHat on it.  I'll be
> administering it via the local LAN.
>
> thanks much,
> Strata
>
>

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