On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 11:06:55AM +0000, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> katolaz@??? writes:
> >So, if everybody switch to macbooks, we don't need to struggle any
> >more to make things work on Linux, right?
>
> That's right. But irrelevant since not everyone will switch to macbooks.
>
> Personally I didn't see a problem with being in a tiny minority when I
> installed linux 0.95 and don't see a problem with being a minority now. I do
> see a problem with misunderstanding the motivations of the majority, though.
>
> >What's your problem with suspend in your laptop?
>
> I'll find out, and perhaps suggest some change to a package. KDE as built
> doesn't offer "suspend" as a possible reaction to closing the lid, the
> /etc/acpi/events directory is empty, and the lid close event doesn't lead to
> anything in syslog. But I'll find out.

You probably just need to apt-get install acpi-support, and
/etc/acpi/events will be populated. Maybe you need to edit one line in
/etc/acpi/events/lidbtn to associate the correct event to
/etc/acpi/lid.sh, but I doubt so.

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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