Re: ibook running with lid closed
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:16, ivc wrote:
>
> hi.
> i got a ibook dual usb 500mhz and i try to make it stay turned on while the
> lid is closed (with the pmud -k option), but after exactly 4 minutes with
> the lid closed it automatically shuts down.
>
> i stopped pmud and pbbuttonsd and the same thing happened, so i think its
> something to do with the kernel, maybe the via-pmu.c module.
>
> someone mentioned it could be the graphic card, since pmud -k seems to work
> on ibooks with ati radeon 16/32mb vram, but not on ati rage 8mb vram ibooks
> and below..
>
The kernel will never put the machine to sleep by itself. This has to be
triggered by pmud or some other userland tool. I suspect that if the
machine overheats, it will be shutdown by the PMU, not put to sleep.
Ben.
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