Re: Closing laptop without suspending

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> 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
>   
I, too, am interested in the answer, if there is one.  I am thinking of 
using the Asus eee (read "no hard drive") for processing in a robot.  It 
seems to me that if the robot is moving there is less likely to be a 
problem if the lid is shut, than if it is open and able to wobble about.

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Marc Shapiro
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