[expert] Dell Inspiron: closing the cover doesn't work
Hi, Does anyone know why my Dell Inspiron 3500 would have stopped turning itself off when I close the cover? It used to be that when the cover was closed, it would go into sleep mode. Now when I close the cover, it goes to the first Linux console but remains on, which drains the batttery like you wouldn't believe. I'm pretty sure it's because a process died but I'm not sure which one. Any help appreciated. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!
Re: [expert] Dell Inspiron: closing the cover doesn't work
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone know why my Dell Inspiron 3500 would have stopped turning itself off when I close the cover? It used to be that when the cover was closed, it Check BIOS settings plus if you have Windows installed on it and you changed power settings on windows site it every time automaticaly changes BIOS settings when you start your notebook in Windows(very annoying).
Re: [expert] Dell Inspiron: closing the cover doesn't work
On 23 Jun, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone know why my Dell Inspiron 3500 would have stopped turning itself off when I close the cover? It used to be that when the cover was closed, it Check BIOS settings plus if you have Windows installed on it and you changed power settings on windows site it every time automaticaly changes BIOS settings when you start your notebook in Windows(very annoying). I didn't change anything. Yeah, yeah, standard answer. What happened, I think, is that I had to close it and pack it in a hurry while the disk was still spinning (my memory was being used up and I think it was swapping or paging or whatevewr). Since that time (36 hours ago), it stopped shutting down when I close the cover. I'll try your suggestion nevertheless. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!
Re: [expert] Dell Inspiron: closing the cover doesn't work
On the flip side, I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 and I want it to *stop* suspending when I close the lid. Under Windows, I can get it to not suspend on the close of the lid, but I can't find a BIOS setting from the setup to control this, and the effect of the corrected behavior under Windows doesn't "carry over" into Linux . . . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone know why my Dell Inspiron 3500 would have stopped turning itself off when I close the cover? It used to be that when the cover was closed, it would go into sleep mode. Now when I close the cover, it goes to the first Linux console but remains on, which drains the batttery like you wouldn't believe. I'm pretty sure it's because a process died but I'm not sure which one. Any help appreciated. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power! -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
