hmm, on Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 04:23:20AM +0100, Robert said that
> Closing the lid on a running notebook is a bad idea, because a lot of
> heat will be capture under the closed screen that would be otherwise
> transfered through the keyboard.
yes, that is true. but,
1) my notebook so far didn't roast the keyboard when i closed the lid
2) "closing the lid" does not necessarily mean all the way down. the
event is registered way before the lid is actually on the kbd.
on this netbook, this is around 25-35 degrees. and closing it
that way is very useful to prevent dust settling on the kbd.
> My bet is on close lid -> suspend, as it should be, without a knob to
> fiddle.
if there is a knob, i don't mind really what is the "should" be.
as i said, i simply prefer no action taken on lid closing.
> Isn't it strange, to have devs working on acpi suspend and instead of
> giving them feedback for the cornercase computers that don't do "what
> they are supposed" when running on -current, to to just want to turn
> that stuff off?
fair enough. perhaps it is. if i did not want stuff being actively
worked on, i should use stable. and if there were more notebooks
out there that work with the current suspend/resume, it's not
a reasonable plea either. asking for the knob is probably a more
reasonable one :]
i just thought to have the power button go into suspend
to be a mistake...
-f
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