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Re: Closing laptop without suspending



Dotan Cohen wrote:

> My Dell Inspiron laptop running KDE suspends to RAM automatically when
> I close the lid. Usually, this is the behaviour that I want. However,
> sometimes I need to walk from place to place with the machine and I'd
> like to close the lid without suspending. Is there a script that I can
> run to tell the computer not to suspend in response to ACPI events (or
> more specifically, the lid switch) for the next 60 seconds? Thanks in
> advance.
> 

I do not know the solution to your problem.

But first of all is it advisable to move a computer while it is running? You
can induce a lot of vibration into the electrical/mechanical components
(hard drive failure comes to my mind) while walking. I would not do that if
I were you.

raju
-- 
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/


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