Tom H wrote:
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bill Davidsendavidsen@tmr.com wrote:
I read in a non-Fedora list that GNOME3 has dropped the ability to do power management, and that all laptops will suspend when the cover is closed, like it or not. Hopefully that's just a users who doesn't know how to do config, but some feedback would be helpful, that behavior would be a total show stopper.
It's desirable in many cases to turn off the display and lock, but in business use the computer is likely to be doing something useful the users needs to continue.
AFAIK, changing the laptop-cover closing behavior won't be possible through the GUI but will be possible though gconf or whatever G3's equivalent is, if it's different.
Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some Apple laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after reading the article I checked the CPU temp on a few of mine, and they seem likely to survive. Fan may or may not work a little harder, though.