On 6/20/05, Charles E Taylor IV <tomalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:02:07 +0200 Espen Stefansen <espenas@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > I got a laptop that i just installed FC4 on and that i want to be up > > and running all the time, with it's lid closed. The problem is that > > every time i close the lid, it goes to "sleep". So i cant ssh to it or > > anything. > > If you're using ACPI, you probably want to poke around /etc/acpi/events > and look for the event that's being triggered when the lid closes. > > If you're using APM (i.e. on an older machine), you'll probably have to > disable suspend-on-lid-close in your BIOS. > > A little more info about this laptop would help ... I use an old > Thinkpad 570E as a print server / internet gateway. It runs all the > time with the lid shut. > It's a Dell Inspiron 4100, and it uses ACPI. And in the log it says "recieved event: button / lid". I looked around in /etc/acpi/events and all i found was the sample. But i'm not sure how to make a acpi event and action.
