what triggers wakeup from suspend?

Andras Simon szajmi at gmail.com
Wed Aug 17 15:22:42 UTC 2011


2011/8/17, Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>:
> Once upon a time, Andras Simon <szajmi at gmail.com> said:
>> I have two types of netbooks (an Asus Eee 701, and an Acer Aspire
>> One), both running F14. The Acer can be woken up by pressing any key
>> on the keyboard; on the Eee, I have to push the Power button. Since
>> that button seems to be dying, I'd like to be able to emulate the
>> Acer's behavior. Is that doable? Or is this hardware-dependent?
>
> It is system-dependent.  I haven't messed with it on portable computers
> (which tend to have more system-specific config), but on desktops, there
> is usually a BIOS screen for what type of events can wake the system
> (PS/2 keyboard, USB device, LAN, alarm, etc.).

There's nothing in the BIOS options about this, so it looks a lost cause.

Thanks,
Andras


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