[kde-linux] Re: Laptop lid actions

[Duncan]

Mark Knecht posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:02:51 -0700 as excerpted:

> In the case of my laptop with the 'Do Nothing' setting in KDE the screen
> automatically goes black when the lid is almost closed. I put my head on
> the desk and slowly close the lid. At about 3/4" open the screen goes
> black and power drops from 48.8 Watts to 40.2 Watts. (Using Kill-a-Watt
> to measure.)

I haven't measured actual power usage (tho it's noticeable in battery-life-
projections), but that's the same behavior I get (and want) here, too.  

It's ideal for me.  I'd hate the new mandatory-suspend-on-lid-close 
functionality gnome-3 is rumored to have, both because a major intended 
use of this thing (gen-1.5 netbook) is as an MP3-player (it's one of the 
first with a standard SATA interfaced 100+ gig drive, with 100+ gigs a 
must for a good mp3 player here, plus it has the flexibility of a full if 
low-powered computer), and so I can ssh to it with the lid closed, as you 
mention.

Plus display-off-on-lid-close is another node on the power flexibility 
line that fits in well between suspend2ram and normal
dimmed-but-on-display laptop-mode usage.

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