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   Message 28,574 of 29,919   
   Bobbie Sellers to Keith   
   Re: Laptop lid switch   
   01 Oct 12 16:21:08   
   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 10/01/2012 03:23 PM, Keith wrote:   
   >   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > I had a conversation with one or two people in here, particularly unruh   
   > way back in April about how to get my laptop to do a suspend-to-disk   
   > rather than a log-out when the lid is closed on the laptop.   
   >   
   > He suggested replacing the contents of the script:   
   >   
   > /etc/acpi/events/lm_lid   
   >   
   > with this:   
   >   
   > event=button[ /]lid   
   > action= /etc/acpi/actions/pm-fallback-hibernate   
   >   
   > I've tried this, and I still get a log-out.   
   >   
   > Does anyone have any ideas what I may be doing wrong?  Is this maybe a   
   > permissions problem?  And if so, is there a way around it?   
   >   
   > This is Mdv2010.1, if that helps.  It's not a major thing, it would just   
   > be nice to have the thing go to sleep when I close the lid!   
   >   
   > Ta!   
      
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